pincer

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a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping

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a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods

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Amy told the hearing: "He had a pair of pincers in his hand and he was moving them towards me and he was telling me he was going to remove my 'f*** nipples' in his horrible manner."
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He had a pair of pincers and was moving them towards me...
ON THE RUN ..Princess Anne's drunken chef who said he'd MUTILATE ME
Scorpions can be easily identified by their long sting-bearing tail and a pair of pincers on long arms, known as pedipalps, at the front of the body.
The score on scorpions
They have stinger tails, a pair of pincers on long arms and six to 12 eyes.
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