a. Zool. [f. CHELA1 + -ATE2.] Having chelæ or prehensile claws.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol. (1828), IV. xlvii. 397. Mandibles chelate.
18369. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 910. The chelate organs of Crustacea and Arachnida.
1880. Huxley, Cray-Fish, 22.