Part 1838

<h1>Chela</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chel\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ claw.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.</def>

<h1>Chelate</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Cheliferous</er>.</def>

<h1>Chelerythrine</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chel`e*ryth"rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ celandine + <?/ red.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Am alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts, It is a coloriess crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with <i>sanguinarine</i>.</def>

<h1>Chelicera</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che*lic"e*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.</plu> <plw>Chelicer\'91</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ claw + <?/ horn.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.</def>

<h1>Chelidon</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chel"i*don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The hollow at the flexure of the arm.</def>

<h1>Chelidonic</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chel`i*don"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Celandine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine.</def>

<cs><col>Cheidonic acid</col>, <cd>a weak acid extracted fron the celandine (<spn>Chelidonium majus</spn>), as a white crystalline substance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chelidonius</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chel`i*do"ni*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. (sc. <ets>lapillus</ets>.)]</ety> <def>A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.</def>

<h1>Chelifer</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chel"i*fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ claw + <ets>-fer</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <cref>Book scorpion</cref>, under <er>Book</er>.</def>

<h1>Cheliferous</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che*lif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ claw + <ets>-ferous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having cheliform claws, like a crab.</def>

<h1>Cheliform</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Chel"i*form</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ claw + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a movable joint or finger closing againts a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be ised for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.</def>

<h1>Chelone</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che*lo"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order <spn>Scrophulariacea\'91</spn>., natives of North America; -- called also <altname>snakehead</altname>, <altname>turtlehead</altname>, <altname>shellflower</altname>, etc.</def>

<h1>Chelonia</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che*lo"ni*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a tortoise.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, perculiar in having a part of the vertebr\'91, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See <er>Reptilia</er>; also, <i>Illust</i>. in Appendix.</def>

<h1>Chelonian</h1> <Xpage=245>

<hw>Che*lo"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Chelonia.</def></def2>

<h1>Chelura</h1> <Xpage=245>