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CHELA (chelae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chela mean?
• CHELA (noun)
The noun CHELA has 2 senses:
1. a Hindu disciple of a swami
2. a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Familiarity information: CHELA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Hindu disciple of a swami
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("chela" is a kind of...):
Hindoo; Hindu (a person who adheres to Hinduism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("chela" is a kind of...):
appendage; extremity; member (an external body part that projects from the body)
Holonyms ("chela" is a part of...):
crustacean (any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton)
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