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CHELICERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chelicerate mean?
• CHELICERATE (adjective)
The adjective CHELICERATE has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or resembling chelicerae
Familiarity information: CHELICERATE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or resembling chelicerae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
cheliceral; chelicerate
Pertainym:
chelicera (either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing)
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