Definition of Chelicerata

1. Noun. Spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelicerata

Chehalem blackberry
Cheilanthes
Cheilanthes alabamensis
Cheilanthes eatonii
Cheilanthes gracillima
Cheilanthes lanosa
Cheiranthus
Cheiranthus allionii
Cheiranthus asperus
Cheiranthus cheiri
Cheka
Chekhov
Chekhov's gun
Chekhovian
Chekov
Chelicerata (current term)
Chelidonium
Chelidonium majus
Chelifer
Chelifer cancroides
Chelm
Chelone
Chelone glabra
Chelonethida
Chelonia mydas
Chelonidae
Cheloniidae
Chelosauria lovelli

Literary usage of Chelicerata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"SUB-PHYLUM Chelicerata CLASS ARACHNIDA Most chelicerate arthropods belong to ... Chelicerata ARACHNIDA SCORPIONES (SCORPIONS) Almost everybody knows what a ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"... which look like octopus who got bred with crossbows; or the chelicerata, distant relations to scorpions and spiders, and nothing at all that you'd ever ..."

3. British Columbia Adventure Guide by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2004)
"... which look like octopus who got bred with crossbows; or the chelicerata, distant relations to scorpions and spiders, and something you wouldn't want to ..."

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