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Pincer

noun
1.
A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping.  Synonyms: pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, tweezer.
2.
A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods.  Synonyms: chela, claw, nipper.





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... climax to their horrific display, three of the men who had been with them on the reef entered, dragging behind them—still enmeshed in the hunting net—the gorp which Dane had stunned. It was uncurled now and very much alive, but the pincer claws which might have cut its way to safety were encased in ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton


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