PINCER

claw, chela, nipper, pincer

(noun) a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers

(noun) a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pincer (plural pincers)

Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.

Verb

pincer (third-person singular simple present pincers, present participle pincering, simple past and past participle pincered)

(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To surround with a pincer attack.

Anagrams

• Prince, prince

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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