| 释义 |
che·lic·era
\kəˈlisərə\ noun
also chel·i·cer \ˈkeləsər\; or chel·i·cere \-ˌsi(ə)r\
(plural chelicer·ae \-səˌrē\ ; also chelicers \-sərz\ ; or cheliceres \-ˌsi(ə)rz\)
Etymology: chelicera, New Latin, modification of French chélicère, from chél- chel- + -cère (from Greek keras horn); chelicer, chelicere from French chélicère — more at cerebral
: one of the anterior pair of appendages of an arachnid prob. derived from antennae, distinguished in scorpions by being short, chelate, and lacking a poison gland, in spiders by terminating in a sharp-pointed tip near which a venom duct opens, and in ticks by being modified into piercing and attachment organs
• che·li·cer·al \kəˈlisərəl\ adjective |