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chelicera (medicine) and avunculate (iou)


chelicera (medicine)


chelicera


One of the two anterior appendages of arachnids; in ticks and parasitic mites, the chelicerae are piercing and cutting structures, and constitute important feeding organs.

Origin: G. Chele, claw, + keras, horn


avunculate (iou)



avunculate noun. E20.
[formed as AVUNCULAR + -ATE1.]
Anthropology. The special relationship in some societies between a maternal uncle and his sister's son.