kəˈlisərə noun
also chel·i·cer ˈkeləsər ; or chel·i·cere -ˌsi(ə)r
( plural chelicer·ae -səˌrē ; also chelicers -sərz ; or cheliceres -ˌsi(ə)rz)
Etymology: chelicera, New Latin, modification of French chélicère, from chél- chel- + -cère (from Greek keras horn); chelicer, chelicere from French chélicère — more at cerebral
: one of the anterior pair of appendages of an arachnid prob. derived from antennae, distinguished in scorpions by being short, chelate, and lacking a poison gland, in spiders by terminating in a sharp-pointed tip near which a venom duct opens, and in ticks by being modified into piercing and attachment organs
• che·li·cer·al kəˈlisərəl adjective