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subchela

noun
sub·​chela | \ ¦sÉ™b+\
plural subchelae

Definition of subchela

: a grasping organ of the limbs of some crustaceans (as of the genus Squilla) in which the terminal segment folds back against the next one

History and Etymology for subchela

New Latin, from sub- + chela

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