pincers
Example Sentences
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Its front legs ended in large claw-like structures that resemble the pincers of crabs.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
Agility’s Digit robot, with its rectangular eyes and pincers for hands, looks a little more like science fiction and a little less like a human replacement.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
No claws, or pincers, but four fingers and a thumb opening and closing slowly, with joints in all the right places.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
Some will have three arms, some with five fingers and others with pincers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2025
Head Buster swayed back and forth with his arms out like the pincers of a scorpion.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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