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SUPERCLASS CHELICERATA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs
Synonyms:
Chelicerata; superclass Chelicerata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superclass Chelicerata" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "superclass Chelicerata"):
Arachnida; class Arachnida (a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings)
order Pycnogonida; Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
class Merostomata; Merostomata (used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida)
Holonyms ("superclass Chelicerata" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)