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| che·lic·er·a [ kə líssərə ] (plural che·lic·er·ae [ kə líssəree ]) |
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mouthpart of arachnid: either of the first pair of mouthparts of horseshoe crabs and spiders, resembling fangs or pincers and used to grab or poison prey
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| [Mid-19th century. < modern Latin< chela (see chela1) + Greek keras "horn"] |
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