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pincers

[pin-serz] / ˈpɪn sərz /
NOUN
grippers
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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

He could see some sort of thick, gluey secretion from the spider’s pincers on his torn robes.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling



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