CHELICERA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: chelicerae

Meaning:

Either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("chelicera" is a kind of...):

appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)

Derivation:

cheliceral (of or relating to or resembling chelicerae)

chelicerous (having chelicerae)