(n.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
Example Sentences:
(1) Two terrestrial species autotomized their chelipeds after the chelae were firmly attached to the predator.
(2) He played poorly when he lost against Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round of the Australian Open in January, seemingly uncertain whether to attack or stay back.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chela Praeli cheers with her daughter Lorella, left, and friends Ligia Jimenez Moreta and daughter Cristina as Barack Obama delivers remarks on immigration at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas on Friday.
(4) Both indirect (using logarithms of distance measures) and direct (using per molt cycle calculated values) comparisons of specific growth rates indicate that test individuals exhibited reduced growth of the right chela relative to the anterior carapace, while control individuals did not.
(5) Oduor, who is now working on her first novel, had been shortlisted with South Africa’s Diane Awerbuck for her short story Phosphorescence, Efemia Chela from both Ghana and Zambia for Chicken, Zimbabwe’s Tendai Huchu for The Intervention, and Kenya’s Billy Kahora for The Gorilla’s Apprentice.
Chelae
Definition:
(pl. ) of Chela
Example Sentences:
(1) Two terrestrial species autotomized their chelipeds after the chelae were firmly attached to the predator.
(2) He played poorly when he lost against Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round of the Australian Open in January, seemingly uncertain whether to attack or stay back.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Chela Praeli cheers with her daughter Lorella, left, and friends Ligia Jimenez Moreta and daughter Cristina as Barack Obama delivers remarks on immigration at Del Sol High School in Las Vegas on Friday.
(4) Both indirect (using logarithms of distance measures) and direct (using per molt cycle calculated values) comparisons of specific growth rates indicate that test individuals exhibited reduced growth of the right chela relative to the anterior carapace, while control individuals did not.
(5) Oduor, who is now working on her first novel, had been shortlisted with South Africa’s Diane Awerbuck for her short story Phosphorescence, Efemia Chela from both Ghana and Zambia for Chicken, Zimbabwe’s Tendai Huchu for The Intervention, and Kenya’s Billy Kahora for The Gorilla’s Apprentice.