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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the large specialized chelate limbs of a crustacean, as the great claw of a lobster, modified to form a prehensile rather than a natatorial organ. See
chela .
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- noun anatomy A
leg bearing achela , orpincer -likeclaw .
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