English

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Etymology

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From Latin chēlē (claw) (from Ancient Greek χηλή (khēlḗ, claw)) + ferō (bear, carry).

Noun

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chelifer (plural chelifers)

  1. book-scorpion

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chelifer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French chélifère.

Noun

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chelifer m (plural cheliferi)

  1. book-scorpion

Declension

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