chelicerate

1. 1.

   of or relating to or resembling chelicerae

   Synonymscheliceral

Questions about chelicerate

What does chelicerate mean?

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

How many syllables are in chelicerate?

chelicerate has 4 syllables and divides as che-li-ce-rate 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 chelicerate?

Close synonyms include cheliceral. 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 chelicerate a common word?

chelicerate 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.