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Crab's claw
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chela
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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] ||
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. Etymology 2 n. A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism.
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.