'Chela' definitions:

Definition of 'chela'

noun

A Hindu disciple of a swami

noun

A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]

From: GCIDE

Chela \Che"la\, n.; pl. Chel[ae]. [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw.] (Zool.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]