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cheliform

[ kee-luh-fawrm, kel-uh- ]

adjective

  1. shaped like a chela.


cheliform

/ ˈkiːlɪˌfɔːm /

adjective

  1. shaped like a chela; pincer-like
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • sub·cheli·form adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cheliform1

First recorded in 1790–1800; cheli- + -form
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Example Sentences

Galathea strigosa is peculiar for the spinous character of the carapace and cheliform legs.

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.

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