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Definition of Chelifer
1. Noun. A genus of Chelonethida.
Exact synonyms: Genus Chelifer
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Chelonethida, Order Chelonethida, Order Pseudoscorpiones, Order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudoscorpionida
Member holonyms: Book Scorpion, Chelifer Cancroides
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Chelonethida, Order Chelonethida, Order Pseudoscorpiones, Order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudoscorpionida
Member holonyms: Book Scorpion, Chelifer Cancroides
Definition of Chelifer
1. n. See Book scorpion, under Book.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelifer
Literary usage of Chelifer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"323-325) a notice of the occurrence of a species of Chelifer adhering to flies,
... He thinks that the Chelifer attaches itself in this way to the bodies of ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"(Not H. chelifer of Lilljeborg.) Not uncommon amongst weeds between tide-marks,
Roker, ... Indeed both approach so closely to H. chelifer that it seems ..."
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