a. a. [SUB- 20 c.] Imperfectly chelate. b. [f. prec.] Having a subchela.
1852. Dana, Crust., II. 802. Four anterior legs subchelate.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., vi. 272. Corycæus has … subchelate antennæ, and a rudimentary abdomen.
1893. Stebbing, Crustacea, 45. The limb is then said to be sub-chelate, the claw being in that case partial, though often extremely efficient.
