CHELICERA


Meaning of CHELICERA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ki-ˈli-sə-rə ]

noun

( plural che·lic·er·ae -ˌrē)

Etymology: New Latin, from French chélicère, from Greek chēlē + keras horn — more at horn

Date: 1835

: one of the anterior pair of appendages of an arachnid often specialized as fangs

• che·lic·er·al -sə-rəl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.