In plural. Something having the shape of a pair of shears. The pincer-like claws of a crustacean. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > pincer-like claws (6) shears1682 In plural. Something having the shape of a pair of shears. The pincer-like claws of a crustacean. Obsolete. nipper1696 Usually in plural. A grasping claw or pincer-like organ of a crustacean or other animal (figurative in quot. 1876). pincher1717 spec. Chiefly Zoology. In arthropods: any of various paired appendages that pinch or nip, as the chela of a crab or scorpion, the mandibles of an… pincer1796 Zoology. Either of a pair of opposed hinged claws, mandibles, etc., with which an arthropod grasps or grips; esp. a chela of a crab or other… Subcategories:— movable part of forceps (2) |
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