单词 | chelicerate |
释义 | chelicerate/ (kɪˈlɪsəˌreɪt) / adjectiveof, relating to, or belonging to the Chelicerata, a subphylum of arthropods, including arachnids and the horseshoe crab, in which the first pair of limbs are modified as chelicerae nounany arthropod belonging to the Chelicerata Words nearby cheliceratechelate, chelating agent, chelation, cheli-, chelicera, chelicerate, cheliferous, cheliform, cheliped, Chellean, chellup Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for cheliceratechelicerate [ kə-lĭs′ər-āt′, -ĭt ] Any of various, mostly terrestrial arthropods of the subphylum Chelicerata, having a body divided into two main parts: a cephalothorax and an abdomen. Chelicerates have specialized feeding appendages (chelicerae) and lack antennae. Chelicerates include the arachnids and merostomes (horseshoe crabs) and are closely related to the extinct trilobites. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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