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Definition of Cheliform
1. a. 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.
Definition of Cheliform
1. Adjective. Having the form of a chela ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheliform
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheliform
Literary usage of Cheliform
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph on the Isopods of North America by Harriet Richardson (1905)
"Legs of first pair not cheliform. 6. ... First pair of legs terminate in a
cheliform hand. Abdomen generally composed of six segments, usually distinct. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"... feeble and imperfectly cheliform, and the first strong. b. Those that have
the second pair of ..."
3. An Introduction to Entomology, Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1826)
"Mandibles cheliform or ... or cheliform. • Trunk. Legs eight or their representatives:
tibiae mostly consisting of two joints. ..."
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