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Chelura

noun
Che·​lu·​ra | \ kəˈlu̇rə\

Definition of Chelura

: a genus of marine amphipod Crustacea that bore into and sometimes destroy timber

History and Etymology for Chelura

borrowed from New Latin, from chel- chel- + -ura -ura; probably so named from the long, claw-like third uropod of the animal

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