cheliform
adjective
che·li·form
ˈkēləˌfȯrm,
ˈke-
: having a movable joint or finger closing against the adjacent segment so as to form a forcepslike organ —used especially of a crab's claw
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from New Latin cheliformis, from cheli- cheli- + -formis -form
- autosyndetic
- autosyndetically
- autotelic
- autotelism
- autotelisms
- autotellers
- autotetraploid
- autotetraploidies
- autotetraploids
- autotetraploidy
- autotheism
- autotheist
- autotheistic
- autotheists
- autothermal
- autotimers
- autotomic
- autotomies
- autotomise
- autotomised
- autotomises
- autotomising
- autotomize
- autotomized
- autotomizer muscle