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CHELICEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chelicerous mean?
• CHELICEROUS (adjective)
The adjective CHELICEROUS has 1 sense:
1. having chelicerae
Familiarity information: CHELICEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having chelicerae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
chelicera (either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing)
Derivation:
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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