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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chelicera \Che*lic"e*ra\ (k[-e]*l[i^]s"[-e]*r[.a]), n.; pl {Chelicer[ae]} (-r[=e]). [NL., fr Gr chhlh` claw + ke`ras horn.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chelicera n : 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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