subchelate

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adjective

Describing a short or stubby chelate appendage

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivesubchelate (comparative more subchelate, superlative most subchelate)

comparative more subchelate · superlative most subchelate

  1. anatomyDescribing a short or stubby chelate appendage

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishchelate
  5. Englishsubchelate

From sub- + chelate.

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Cite this entry
APA

subchelate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subchelate

MLA

“subchelate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subchelate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “subchelate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subchelate.

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