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ALL meanings of chelicera

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  • noun chelicera one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws 3
  • noun chelicera either of the first pair of appendages of spiders and other arachnids, used for grasping and crushing 3
  • noun plural chelicera one member of the first pair of usually pincerlike appendages of spiders and other arachnids. 1
  • noun chelicera Either of a pair of appendages in front of the mouth in arachnids and some other arthropods, usually modified as pincerlike claws. 1
  • noun chelicera (zoology) Either of the prehensile claws found on the proboscis of chelicerates (horseshoe crabs, sea spiders and arachnids). 0
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