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chelicera
CIDE DICTIONARY
chelicera, n. [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + ke`ras horn.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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