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Chelate

noun
1.
A heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions.  Synonym: chelate compound.
verb
1.
Form a chelate, in chemistry.
adjective
1.
Relating to or characterized by chelation.  Synonym: chelated.
2.
Having or resembling chelae or claws.



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"Chelate" Quotes from Famous Books



... mouth of eight times the width is necessary in order to swallow the little animal when thus armed.* (* Persephone, a rare Crab, belonging to the family Leucosiidae, is served in the same manner by its long chelate feet. If we seize the animal, it extends them most obstinately straight downwards, so that in all probability we should more easily break than bend them.) Consequently these processes of the carapace may ...
— Facts and Arguments for Darwin • Fritz Muller
... figures prominently in the Tro-Cortesianus, two drawings from which are shown (Pl. 4, figs. 1, 2). As here conventionalized, the jointed appendages are represented as composed of an indefinite number of round segments. The large chelate pedipalps are also prominently figured but the smaller walking legs are commonly omitted. In Pl. 4, fig. 1, however, there is a pair of posterior chelate appendages which are probably added to give a more anthropoid cast to the figure. The slight projections along the sides ...
— Animal Figures in the Maya Codices • Alfred M. Tozzer and Glover M. Allen


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