Recent Examples on the WebThe new species was identified by its body shape, size, pincers and other subtle physical features, the study said.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 Near a campsite in Thailand, a hairy creature with brown pincers lurked under a rock.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 Their two front pincers can be used to attack prey and fend off predators.—Scott Travers, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The ant was shaking her thorax at him now, beckoning him closer with her pincers.—Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 Black burn marks on some of the crab carapaces and pincers indicate that the crustaceans were subjected to temperatures up to 600 to 900 degrees Fahrenheit, indicative of being roasted on coals.—Ryan McRae, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023 The result was perfectly weird, a crab-looking thing with pincers, bird claws, and a flames coming out of its head.—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023 The storage device is connected to the telescope’s onboard computer via Ethernet to continuously transfer the data, and it is attached to the telescope with mechanical pincers used by professional archers and chosen because of their ability to withstand high tension.—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023 From the golden Sumerian pincers found at Ur’s royal cemetery to the Roman Britain tweezer cache that made headlines earlier this year, these finds are often thousands of years old—and instantly recognizable.—Abbie Kozolchyk, wsj.com, 17 Oct. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English pinceour, from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure, from Anglo-French *pincher, pincer to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare, from Latin punctum puncture — more at point
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