chelicera

Meaning of chelicera

noun

either of a pair of appendages in front of the mouth in arachnids and some other arthropods, usually modified as pincer-like claws.

mid 19th century: modern Latin, from Greek khēlē ‘claw’ + keras ‘horn’.

Information about chelicera

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Hyphenation of chelicera

che-licera

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • chelicera is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of chelicera

cheiceral

Words that rhyme with chelicera

cera, cabecera, Athericera, Lonicera, lonicera, melicera, Acrocera, Blepharocera, Cladocera, Heterocera, Nematocera, Nemocera, Nocera, Pleurocera, Pterocera, Rhopalocera, nematocera, viscera, Brachycera

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