chelicera

1. 1.

   either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing

   Broaderextremity

Other forms of chelicera

plural

chelicerae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chelicera

What does chelicera mean?

chelicera means "either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing".

How many syllables are in chelicera?

chelicera has 4 syllables: che-li-ce-ra. The stress falls on "li".

Is chelicera a common word?

chelicera is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.