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- noun Plural form of
chelicerate .
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Examples
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The four pairs of walking legs of chelicerates lack extensor muscles, but possess flexor muscles.
Arthropoda 2007
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Also, they are chelicerates rather than true crabs so you really need to follow a different family tree and you might find a spider or scorpion somewhere that you could follow the mitochindria back to something similar.
The Discovery Institute and publications - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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