pincers
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These structures represent an early form of chelicerae and provide evidence of the evolutionary beginnings of the pincers and fangs seen in chelicerates today.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 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
Click, click, click went the pincers of the spiders all around the hollow.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
