Chelicerata

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Chelicerata also chelicerates (noun, plural): A subphylum of arthropods without antennae, divided into three classes: the Merostomata, or horseshoe crabs; the Arachnida, spiders, scorpions, mites and relatives; and the Pycnogonida, or sea spiders