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chelate compound |
chelated |
chelating agent |
chelation |
chelerythrine |
chelicera
| cheliceral
| chelicerata
| chelicerate
| chelicerous
| chelidon
chelicera
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chelicera has 1 sense
- chelicera(n = noun.animal) Array - either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing; Array is a kind of appendage, extremity, member
Derived forms adjective cheliceral1, adjective chelicerous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
chelicera, n. [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + ke`ras horn.].
One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects. [1913 Webster]
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