adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling chelicerae (the fang-like appendages of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids)
Usage: technical; zoology
Examples
- The spider's cheliceral fangs inject venom into its prey.
- Scorpions use their cheliceral structures to manipulate food.
- The cheliceral apparatus is a defining feature of arachnids.
- Researchers examined the cheliceral morphology under a microscope.
- The cheliceral venom glands are located within the fangs.