a. Zool. [f. CHELA1 + -ATE2.] Having chelæ or prehensile claws.

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1826.  Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1828), IV. xlvii. 397. Mandibles chelate.

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1836–9.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 910. The chelate organs of Crustacea and Arachnida.

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1880.  Huxley, Cray-Fish, 22.

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