Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a spotted Indian eagle, Spilornis cheela.
- noun A pupil.
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Examples
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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
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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.
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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
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Gram flour pancakes aka Besan ka cheela, the Indian answer to breakfast pancakes.
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Gram flour pancakes aka Besan ka cheela, the Indian answer to breakfast pancakes.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Labels: chilla cheela puda pudla mung dal green gram buttermilk mattha indian breakfast dal dosa
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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
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"I beg you proceed and let thy cheela profit through observation!"
The Brass Bowl Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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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
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aaah a cheela with spinach... just wondering how good it wud go with dhaniya pudine ki chutney... will try it tomorrow...
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