Cheliferous

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having chelæ: said of the chelate limbs of erustaceans, and of animals of which have chelæ. —
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having cheliform claws, like a crab.
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  • adjective. Having chelae (cheliform claws)
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  • adjective. having chelae
  • Word Usage
    "Beneden's statement that a cheliferous Isopod (Tanais Dulongii), belonging, according to Milne-Edwards, to the same family as the common"
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