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chelicera
n.
pair of fang-like or claw-like appendages (in spiders and other arachnids)
Chelicerae
chelicera
Noun
1. either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
(hypernym) extremity, appendage, member
Chelicera
(n.)
One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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