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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chela \Che"la\, n.; pl. Chel[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw.] (Zo["o]l.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida. [1913 Webster] ||
Chela \Che"la\, n. [Hind. ch[=e]la, orig., slave, fr. Skr. c[=e][.t]a, c[=e][.t]aka, slave, servant.] In India, a dependent person occupying a position between that of a servant or slave and a disciple; hence, a disciple or novice. -- Che"la*ship, n.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. Etymology 2
n. A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Chela may refer to:
- Chela (fish), a small minnow-type fish in the Cyprinid family
- Chela (organ), a pincer-like organ terminating certain limbs of some arthropods such as crabs
- Chela, a slang term for beer in Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Chile
- The Chela meteorite fall of 1988 in Tanzania
- Chela, Ethiopia, a town in southern Ethiopia
- Chela (singer), an Australian electropop artist on the Kitsuné label
- Juan Ignacio Chela (born 1979), a professional tennis player from Argentina
Chela is a genus of fish closely related to Laubuka.
A chela , also named claw, nipper, or pincer, is a pincer-like organ terminating certain limbs of some arthropods. The name comes from Greek through New Latin (). The plural form is chelae. Legs bearing a chela are called chelipeds. Another name is claw because most chelae are curved and have a sharp point like a claw.
Chela were slave soldiers in the Mughal army. As a counterpoise to the mercenaries in their employ, over whom they had a very loose hold, commanders were in the habit of getting together, as the kernel of their force, a body of personal dependents or slaves, who had no one to look to except their master. Such troops were known by the Hindi name of chela (a slave). They were fed, clothed, and lodged by their employer, had mostly been brought up and trained by him, and had no other home than his camp. They were recruited chiefly from children taken in war or bought from their parents during times of famine. The great majority were of Hindu origin, but all were made Mahomedans when received into the body of chelas. These chelas were the only troops on which a man could place entire reliance as being ready to follow his fortunes in both foul and fair weather.
Chela (born Chelsea Wheatley) is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter, producer and director.
Originally from Fremantle, Western Australia, she relocated to Melbourne with her family at age 15 and currently resides both there, and in California.
Chela began producing music at age 12 on Logic software, and played bass guitar in punk bands throughout her teenage years. She directs her own music videos, and writes and produces most of her own songs, as well as writes for other artists. In 2014 she teamed up with Styalz Fuego to write "Closure" for Owl Eyes, the first single off her debut album "Nightswim", which reached #28 in the Australian Albums Chart.
In 2015 Chela was formally recognised by Spotify via their Spotlight Artists. Pulse Radio listed her as one of ten electronic crossover acts "to watch out for" in 2015, and Bit Candy described her as recording "seriously catchy, stand-out music that sets her apart from the sea of electro-pop acts that have been popping up this year".
Chela first gained international attention releasing singles "Romanticise" (featured in the trailer to Sleeping With Other People) and "Zero" on French taste-maker label Kitsuné. She has also collaborated with several music groups, including Goldroom on his summer-anthem "Fifteen", Clubfeet on their highly-rotated single "Heartbreak", and queer pop-punk cult hero Seth Bogart on his debut self-titled solo album alongside Kathleen Hanna and Tavi Gevinson.
Usage examples of "chela".
When the click of his rosary again broke the hush of the inner court where the calm images of the Arhats stand, a novice whispered, 'Thy chela is here,' and the old man strode forth, forgetting the end of that prayer.
Their bodies shifted above and about her, invisible in the dark, with touch of bristles and grip of chelae or mandibles.
Palps and chelae caressed her naked limbs and urged her, perhaps sensing new steadiness, conscious direction of her movements.
She touched the chelae, drew back, not knowing what rituals the majat observed with Her.
Then it bowed further, and in a gesture very like a human kiss, opened its mandibles wide and touched the false chelae to her lips.
The huge Warrior, only minimally sane, bent lower, jaws wide, touched false chelae to Jim's lips, taking taste as well as scent.
It closed both chelae about tire braces of the rearmost seats, quite secure, and froze into the statue-like patience of its kind.
The head climbed to the shoulders and settled itself inside the leather collar that now hid its chelae and legs.
In the center of the chamber a headless body lay upon the floor--a body that had been partially devoured--while over and upon it crawled a half a dozen heads upon their short, spider legs, and they tore at the flesh of the woman with their chelae and carried the bits to their awful mouths.
It was a pair of large chelae and immediately thereafter there crawled forth a hideous kaldane of enormous proportions.
She noticed that its chelae waved slowly to and fro before it as it backed, backed, backed, through the round aperture in the wall.
I will take it,” and without further discussion it commenced to crawl up the front of the headless body, using its six short, spiderlike legs and two stout chelae which grew just in front of its legs and strongly resembled those of an Earthly lobster, except that they were both of the same size.
In the center of the chamber a headless body lay upon the floor—a body that had been partially devoured—while over and upon it crawled a half a dozen heads upon their short, spider legs, and they tore at the flesh of the woman with their chelae and carried the bits to their awful mouths.
Here,” and he raised one of his chelae to his head, “is the perfect brain.
I will take it, and without further discussion it commenced to crawl up the front of the headless body, using its six short, spiderlike legs and two stout chelae which grew just in front of its legs and strongly resembled those of an Earthly lobster, except that they were both of the same size.