Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name of a spotted Indian eagle, Spilornis cheela.
  • noun A pupil.

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Examples

  • They're a regular part of my menu since I discovered pudla or cheela, which both seem very much like socca!

    Recipe for Socca (Garbanzo or Chickpea Flatbread Pancake from France) Kalyn Denny 2009

  • There are many birds of prey including the osprey Pandio haliaetus, peregrine Falco peregrinus, Pallas 'sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus (R), short-toed eagle Circaetus gallicus, tawny eagle Aquila rapax, imperial eagle A. heliaca (R), spotted eagle A. clanga and crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela.

    Keoladeo (Bharatpur) National Park, India 2009

  • I recall science fiction abt life on the surface of a neutron star - that was “quick” for humans, but enough for local cheela.

    Templeton and Skeptics Sean 2008

  • Gram flour pancakes aka Besan ka cheela, the Indian answer to breakfast pancakes.

    WBB #6 - Twist in the plate - Round Up 2006

  • Gram flour pancakes aka Besan ka cheela, the Indian answer to breakfast pancakes.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • Labels: chilla cheela puda pudla mung dal green gram buttermilk mattha indian breakfast dal dosa

    Breakfast for dinner - Moong Dal Chilla 2006

  • One species -- the crested serpent-eagle (_Spilornis cheela_) -- is common in the Himalayas up to 8000 feet.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • "I beg you proceed and let thy cheela profit through observation!"

    The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906

  • I might further extend this enumeration, by including the Cheela eagle of Ceylon, which, although I have placed it in my list as identical with the _Hematornis cheela_ of the Dekkan, is, I have since been assured, a different bird, and is most probably the _Falco bido_ of

    Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836

  • aaah a cheela with spinach... just wondering how good it wud go with dhaniya pudine ki chutney... will try it tomorrow...

    Gluten-Free Spinach-Onion Dosa (Pancake) 2008

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