chelicera

chelicera has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.
• n.. either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing