chela
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Chela
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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chela1 (ˈkiːlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl lae | |
| a large pincer-like claw of such arthropods as the crab and scorpion | |
| [C17: New Latin, from Greek khēlē claw] | |
| cheliferous1 | |
| —adj | |
| chela2 (ˈtʃeɪlə) | |
| —n | |
| Hinduism a disciple of a religious teacher | |
| [C19: from Hindi celā, from Sanskrit ceta servant, slave] | |
| 'chelaship2 | |
| —n | |
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Effective in treating chela red metals as well as metal cations.
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