Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shape of a chela; pincerlike.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the form of a chela, cheliped, or chelicera; like the great claw of a lobster or crab; pincer-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the form of a
chela
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlē, "jawbone") + -form
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Examples
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_Galathea strigosa_ is peculiar for the spinous character of the carapace and cheliform legs.
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology Various
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When hand-like or cheliform structures occur in the Crustacea, these are usually more strongly developed in the males than in the females, often becoming enlarged in the former to quite a disproportionate size, as we have already seen to be the case in Melita.
Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859
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