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- noun Plural form of
chelicera .
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Examples
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Her jaws widened, and from between her lips her spider chelicerae emerged, two appendages ending in hollow points, each loaded with poison.
The Gates John Connolly 2009
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Her jaws widened, and from between her lips her spider chelicerae emerged, two appendages ending in hollow points, each loaded with poison.
The Gates John Connolly 2009
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Her jaws widened, and from between her lips her spider chelicerae emerged, two appendages ending in hollow points, each loaded with poison.
The Gates John Connolly 2009
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All members of this subphylum have chelicerae and pedipalps as their first and second prosomal appendages.
Arthropoda 2007
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After reaching maturity, deutonymphs find a plant or soft substrate, embed their chelicerae and transform into another inactive stage, which emerges as an adult in a few days.
Arthropoda 2007
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Larval mites have a short gnathosoma with stocky pedipalps on either side of paired chelicerae.
Arthropoda 2007
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However, a new report by Jager et al. suggests that that interpretation may be flawed, and that sea spider chelifores are actually homologous to the chelicerae of spiders.
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However, a new report by Jager et al. suggests that that interpretation may be flawed, and that sea spider chelifores are actually homologous to the chelicerae of spiders.
Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Continue reading "Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution" on Pharyngula
Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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Continue reading "Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution" on Pharyngula
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