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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various arthropods of the subphylum Chelicerata, having mouthparts with chelicerae, a body composed of two main parts, and no antennae, and including the arachnids and the horseshoe crabs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bearing cheliceræ, or small pincers, as the appendages of the merostome crustaceans.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, relating to, or belong to the
Chelicerata subphylum ofarachnids ,horseshoe crabs etc - noun Any member of such group of
animals
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or resembling chelicerae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Chēlicerāta, subphylum name, from chēlicera, chelicera; see chelicera.]
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