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chela

pincer-like organ terminating certain limbs of some arthropods
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chela

Summary

chela ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • chela is a type of limb[2].
  • chela is a type of manipulator[3].
  • chela's Commons category is recorded as Crustacean chelipeds[4].
  • chela's said to be the same as is recorded as pincer[5].
  • chela's found in taxon is recorded as arthropod[6].
  • chela's different from is recorded as Q16538843[7].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include limb[2] and manipulator[3].

Why It Matters

chela ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (221 views/month).[1] chela has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] chela is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → pincer
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → limb, manipulator
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007285075605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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