SINCE 1828
Chelicerata
plural noun
Che·lic·er·ata
| \ kə-ˌli-sə-ˈrä-tə
, -ˈrā-tə\
, -ˈrā-tə\
Definition of Chelicerata
: a subphylum or other division of the phylum Arthropoda comprising forms having chelicerae and lacking antennae and including the horseshoe crabs and eurypterids, spiders, scorpions, and sea spiders
A fossil eurypterid, representing the Chelicerata.— Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life, 1989
— see arachnida , merostomata , pycnogonida
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on Chelicerata
What made you want to look up Chelicerata? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
What did you just call me?! A Quiz
-
- If a member of the audience describes your speech as bombastic, does that person mean it is:
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZ
Share Chelicerata
Resources for Chelicerata