PINCERLIKE

Meaning of PINCERLIKE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective

: like a pincer or a pair of pincers in appearance or action

executing a pincerlike maneuver in an effort to wipe out the insurgents — New York Times

the pincerlike claw of the lobster

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PINCERLIKE — adjective see: pincer
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PINCERLIKE — see pincer
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PINCERLIKE — pincerlike BrE AmE ˈpɪn t s ə laɪk AmE \ - ə r-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLAW — I. noun Usage: often attributive see: clew Date: before 12th century a sharp usually slender and curved nail on the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHELA — noun (plural ~e) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chēlē claw Date: 1635 a pincerlike organ or claw borne by a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STARFISH — or sea star Any of 1,800 echinoderm species (class Asteroidea) that have regenerable arms surrounding an indistinct disk and that …
Английский словарь Британика
SPIDER — I Any of some 34,000 predatory arachnid species, mostly terrestrial, in the order Araneida, abundant worldwide except in Antarctica. Spiders …
Английский словарь Британика
CLAW
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CLAM
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CHELA — I. ˈkēlə noun ( plural che·lae -(ˌ)lē) Etymology: New Latin, modification of obsolete English chely, from Greek chēlē claw 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PEDICELLARIA — /ped'euh seuh lair"ee euh/ , n. , pl. pedicellariae /-ee ee'/ . Zool. one of the minute pincerlike structures common …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DERMAPTERAN — /deuhr map"teuhr euhn/ , adj. 1. Also, dermapterous . belonging or pertaining to the insect order Dermaptera, comprising the earwigs. …
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CLAW — — clawer , n. — clawless , adj. /klaw/ , n. 1. a sharp, usually curved, nail on the foot …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHELICERA — — cheliceral , adj. — chelicerate /keuh lis"euh rayt', -euhr it/ , adj. /keuh lis"euhr euh/ , n. , pl. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHELA — chela 1 /kee"leuh/ , n. , pl. chelae /-lee/ . the pincerlike organ or claw terminating certain limbs of crustaceans …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLAW — I. ˈklȯ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu hoof, claw; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHELATE — I. ˈkē-ˌlāt also ˈchē- adjective Date: 1826 1. : resembling or having chelae 2. [from the pincerlike way in which …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHELA — noun ( plural che·lae -(ˌ)lē) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek chēlē claw Date: 1635 : a pincerlike organ or claw …
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CLAW — [claw] n, often attrib [ME clawe, fr. OE clawu hoof, claw; akin to ON klo claw, and prob. to OE …
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CHELA — [che.la] n, pl che.lae [NL, fr. Gk chele claw] (1646): a pincerlike organ or claw borne by a limb of …
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TANAID — any of more than 300 species of small, bottom-dwelling marine and brackish-water crustaceans constituting the order Tanaidacea (superorder Peracarida). Tanaids …
Britannica English vocabulary
STARFISH
Britannica English vocabulary
SPIDER — order name Araneida, or Araneae, a member of a group of arachnids characterized by having six pairs of appendages, including …
Britannica English vocabulary
SEA URCHIN
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CENTIPEDE — (class Chilopoda) any of about 2,800 species of long, flattened, many-segmented predaceous anthropods with each segment bearing one pair of …
Britannica English vocabulary
CAKE URCHIN — any of the echinoid marine invertebrates of the order Clypeastroida (phylum Echinodermata), in which the body is flattened. The surface …
Britannica English vocabulary
STARFISH — n. or sea star Any of 1,800 echinoderm species (class Asteroidea) that have regenerable arms surrounding an indistinct disk and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SPIDER — n. Any of some 34,000 predatory arachnid species, mostly terrestrial, in the order Araneida, abundant worldwide except in Antarctica. Spiders …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EARWIG — Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera. Earwigs have an elongate body with a pair of pincerlike appendages protruding …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection
DERMAPTERA — Insect order, made up of the earwigs. They are characterized by short, hardened wing covers, chewing mouthparts, pincerlike abdominal cerci, …
English Glossary of Entomology and Crop Protection

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