Definition of Cheliceral

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling chelicerae.

Exact synonyms: Chelicerate
Partainyms: Chelicera, Chelicera
Derivative terms: Chelicera

Definition of Cheliceral

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheliceral

chelated
chelates
chelating
chelating agent
chelating agents
chelation
chelation therapy
chelations
chelatometric
chelator
chelators
chelerythrine
cheletropic
chelicera
chelicerae
cheliceral (current term)
chelicerate
chelicerates
chelicerous
chelidamic
chelidamic acid
chelidon
chelidonius
cheliferous
cheliform
cheliped
chelipeds
chelkarite
cheloid
cheloid scar

Literary usage of Cheliceral

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

1. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"There is no trace of an oesophagus, but very faint indications of the cheliceral segment may be seen on the posterior margin of the lobes. ..."

2. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"With the brain are united the ganglia of the cheliceral segment ... The two pairs of cheliceral nerves thus have their origin in the brain, which is divided ..."

3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1900)
"... for he has shown that the cheliceral ganglia shift from the ventral to the dorsal side of the oesophagus during development, thus becoming pseudo- ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1909)
"He follows Lankester in making the eye segment the first, the rostral the second and the cheliceral the third. There is no good description of the eyes or ..."

5. A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals by Thomas Henry Huxley (1888)
"... portion of the proboscis; two horny hooks from the cheliceral portion ; and, finally, the hinder pair of thoracic limbs is added. ..."

6. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"... (3) an embryonic, evanescent segment with rudimentary appendages which disappear completely; (4) the cheliceral somite with chelicera for appendages. ..."

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