Definition of Chelifer

1. Noun. A genus of Chelonethida.


Definition of Chelifer

1. n. See Book scorpion, under Book.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chelifer

Cheilanthes eatonii
Cheilanthes gracillima
Cheilanthes lanosa
Cheiranthus
Cheiranthus allionii
Cheiranthus asperus
Cheiranthus cheiri
Cheka
Chekhov
Chekhov's gun
Chekhovian
Chekov
Chelicerata
Chelidonium
Chelidonium majus
Chelifer (current term)
Chelifer cancroides
Chelm
Chelone
Chelone glabra
Chelonethida
Chelonia mydas
Chelonidae
Cheloniidae
Chelosauria lovelli
Chelsea
Chelsea pensioner
Chelsea pensioners

Literary usage of Chelifer

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

1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1869)
"323-325) a notice of the occurrence of a species of Chelifer adhering to flies, ... He thinks that the Chelifer attaches itself in this way to the bodies of ..."

2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"(Not H. chelifer of Lilljeborg.) Not uncommon amongst weeds between tide-marks, Roker, ... Indeed both approach so closely to H. chelifer that it seems ..."

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