Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid;
often modified for grasping and piercing;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chelicera \Che*lic"e*ra\ (k[-e]*l[i^]s"[-e]*r[.a]), n.; pl.
Chelicer[ae] (-r[=e]). [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + ke`ras
horn.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chelicera
n 1: either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the
mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and
piercing