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Chela (noun) means the claw of an animal such as a crab or spider, used for gripping.

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The claw of an animal such as a crab or spider, used for gripping.

"The tail is curved up over the body and the pedipalps held forwards with the tip of the movable finger of the chela in contact with the sand." — The Encyclopedia of Land Invertebrate Behaviour (1993)

"The two brushes on each chela snap open into semicircular fans, forming fine-mesh baskets that passively filter water." — Raymond T. Bauer, Remarkable Shrimps: Adaptations and Natural History of the Carideans (2004)

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