NOUN | artifact | pincer, pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers | a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping |
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animal | pincer, claw, chela, nipper | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods |
Meaning | A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping. | |
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Synonyms | pair of pincers, tweezer, pair of tweezers | |
Narrower | roach clip, roach holder | metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach |
Broader | hand tool | A tool used with workers' hands |
Spanish | pinzas, tenazas | |
Catalan | pinça |
Meaning | A grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. | |
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Synonyms | claw, chela, nipper | |
Part of | crustacean | Any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton |
Broader | extremity, appendage, member | An external body part that projects from the body |
Spanish | pinza | |
Catalan | pinça |
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