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cheliped|ˈkiːlɪpɛd|
[f. mod.L. chēla (ad. Gr. χηλή) claw + L. ped-, pēs foot.]
One of a pair of limbs bearing large claws, or chelæ, found in decapod Crustacea.
1869S. I. Smith in Amer. Nat. III. 557 The left cheliped is exactly like the larger cheliped of ordinary specimens. 1897Parker & Haswell Textbk. Zool. I. xi. 500 In front of these is a pair of very large legs terminating in huge claws or chelæ, and hence called chelipeds. 1922Outward Bound Nov. 141/1 The Fiddler Crab with his one cheliped..so vastly bigger than the other. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Rel. Growth i. 34 Here the chelipeds are the second and not the first pereiopods. Ibid. i. 33 (caption) Cheliped length. 1964E. S. Reese in Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 467 The crab stands higher on its pereipods and the chelipeds are held in different attitudes. 1968Hegner & Engemann Invert. Zool. (ed. 2) x. 398 The thoracic region bears the first, the second, and the third maxillipeds, the pinchers or chelipeds, and four other pairs of walking legs. |