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English > 1 sense of the word Chelicerata:
NOUNanimalChelicerata, superclass Chelicerataspiders
English > Chelicerata: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningspiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs.
Synonymsuperclass Chelicerata
Member ofArthropoda, phylum Arthropodajointed-foot invertebrates
MembersArachnida, class ArachnidaA large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs
Merostomata, class MerostomataUsed in some classifications
Pycnogonida, order Pycnogonidasea spiders
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders