cheliceral

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling chelicerae

   Synonymschelicerate

Questions about cheliceral

What does cheliceral mean?

cheliceral means "of or relating to or resembling chelicerae".

How many syllables are in cheliceral?

cheliceral has 4 syllables and divides as che-li-ce-ral under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for cheliceral?

Close synonyms include chelicerate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cheliceral a common word?

cheliceral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.