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chelicera
[ kuh-lis-er-uh ]
noun
plural chelicerae
- one member of the first pair of usually pincerlike appendages of spiders and other arachnids.
chelicera
/ ɪˈɪəə /
noun
- one of a pair of appendages on the head of spiders and other arachnids: often modified as food-catching claws
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Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- ·İ· adjective
- ···ٱ [k, uh, -, lis, -, uh, -reyt, -er-it], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of chelicera1
1825–35; < New Latin, equivalent to cheli- cheli- + Greek é ( as ) horn + Latin -a feminine noun ending
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of chelicera1
C19: from New Latin, from French éè, from é- see chela 1+ -è from Greek keras horn
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The chelicerae writhed, questing for prey, and the sphincter-maw spasmed, teeth clicking open and shut, searching for something to bite into.
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What do they do with those long appendages that look like jaws, the chelicerae?
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They then perform a breaststroke maneuver with the chelicerae, spreading them like arms and pulling them back.
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As they report in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, ticks first burrow into the host's skin with two telescoping, barbed structures called chelicerae.
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