pincers

A species of herring, Sardina escamuda.

A tool having two hinged jaws which can be firmly closed and held together. See cut under nippers.

In zoology, nippers or prehensile claws of certain animals, as insects and crustaceans.

Specifically

A chela, or chelate limb. See chela, and cuts under lobster and Pedipalpi.

Anal forceps.

Sometimes called pinchers.

See pinchers.

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.

The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.