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Chela  n.  (pl. chelae)  (Zool.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.


Chela  n.  In India, a dependent person occupying a position between that of a servant or slave and a disciple; hence, a disciple or novice.





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... apricots, and turmeric, and wild ginger, and bannocks of flour, a devout woman can make good things, and it was a full bowl that the priest carried to the Bhagat. Was he going to stay? asked the priest. Would he need a chela—a disciple—to beg for him? Had he a blanket against the cold weather? Was the ...
— The Second Jungle Book • Rudyard Kipling


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