Chelicer

/kəˈlɪsər/ noun

Definition

Variant or archaic form referring to a chelicera, the fang-like appendage of spiders and scorpions.

Etymology

From Greek 'chele' (claw) plus 'keras' (horn), with variant spelling reflecting historical scientific nomenclature changes.

Kelly Says

Before scientists standardized 'chelicera' as the term, 'chelicer' was used—now it mostly appears in very old zoology texts, but it shows how scientific naming evolved over time.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
chélicer
che-li-se-r
ARالعربية
قَالِع
qa-li-ʕ
BNবাংলা
চেলিসার
che-li-sa-r
CACatalà
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
CSČeština
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
DADansk
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
DEDeutsch
Chelicer
kɛˈliˌtsɛr
ELΕλληνικά
χηλικέρας
hi-le-ke-ras
ESEspañol
quelícero
ke-li-se-ro
FAفارسی
chellicer
che-li-se-r
FISuomi
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
FRFrançais
chélicère
she-li-se-r
GUGU
ચેલિસર
che-li-sar
HAHA
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
HEעברית
chellicer
che-li-se-r
HIहिन्दी
चेलीसेर
che-li-se-r
HUMagyar
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
IDBahasa Indonesia
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
IGIG
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
ITItaliano
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
JA日本語
Chelicer
che-li-se-r
KKKK
chellicer
ke-li-se-r
KMKM
ចេលីសេរ
che-li-se-r
KO한국어
켈리세르
kel-li-se-r
MRMR
चेलीसेर
che-li-se-r
MSBahasa Melayu
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
MYမြန်မာ
ချဲလီစာ
che-li-sa
NLNederlands
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
NONorsk
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
PAPA
ਚੇਲੀਸਰ
che-li-sar
PLPolski
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
PTPortuguês
quelícero
ke-li-se-ro
RORomână
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
RUРусский
хелицeр
xɛ-li-tser
SVSvenska
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
SWKiswahili
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
TAதமிழ்
சேலிகர்
sa-le-i-kar
TEతెలుగు
చెలిసికర్
che-li-si-kar
THไทย
เชลิเซอร์
che-li-se-r
TLTL
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
TRTürkçe
chelicer
che-li-se-r
UKУкраїнська
хеліцер
xɛ-li-tser
URاردو
چلیسر
che-li-se-r
VITiếng Việt
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
YOYO
chelicer
ke-li-se-r
ZH中文
螯肢
áo zhī
ZUZU
chelicer
ke-li-se-r

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