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che•lic•er•a
Pronunciation: (ku-lis'ur-u), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -er•aePronunciation: (-u-rē"). [key]
one member of the first pair of usually pincerlike appendages of spiders and other arachnids. Cf.
pedipalp.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.