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chelicera
[kuh-lis-er-uh]
noun
plural
cheliceraeone member of the first pair of usually pincerlike appendages of spiders and other arachnids.
chelicera
/ ɪˈɪəə /
noun
one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
Other Word Forms
- cheliceral adjective
- chelicerate adjective
- ˈ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of chelicera1
Word History and Origins
Origin of chelicera1
Example Sentences
The chelicerae writhed, questing for prey, and the sphincter-maw spasmed, teeth clicking open and shut, searching for something to bite into.
do they do with those long appendages that look like jaws, the chelicerae?
They then perform a breaststroke maneuver with the chelicerae, spreading them like arms and pulling them back.
As they report in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, ticks first burrow into the host's skin with two telescoping, barbed structures called chelicerae.
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