Chela may refer to:

• Chela (fish), a genus of small minnow-type fish in the Cyprinid family
• Chela (organ), a pincer-like organ terminating certain limbs of some arthropods such as crabs
• Chela (meteorite), a meteorite fall of 1988 in Tanzania
• Chela (disciple), a student in the traditional Indian education system
• Chela (Mughal army), a rank in the Mughal army
• Chela, Ethiopia, a town in southern Ethiopia
• Chela (singer), an Australian electropop artist on the Kitsuné label
• Juan Ignacio Chela (born 1979), a professional tennis player from Argentina
• Julian Chela-Flores, Venezuelan astrobiologist and physicist

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