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pincer

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pincer/ˈpɪnsə(r)/

▶noun

1 (pincers) a tool made of two pieces of metal bearing blunt concave jaws arranged like the blades of scissors, used for gripping and pulling things.

2 a front claw of a lobster, crab, or similar crustacean.

– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from OFr. pincier ‘to pinch’.

'pincer' also found in these Oxford entries:

chela - chelicera - claw - crab - pincer movement

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