Retroverts Definition

Retroverts Sentence Examples

• Appendages of 1st pair have two segments, as in Pedipalpi, but are furnished with poison gland, and are retroverts.

• Ventral view with the prosomatic appendages cut short excepting the chelicerae (I) whose sharp retroverts are seen.

• The appendages of the second prosthomere are the well-known chelicerae of the Arach nids, rarely, if ever, antenniform, but modified as " retroverts" or clasp-knife fangs in spiders.