pincerwise

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pincer +‎ -wise

Adverb[edit]

pincerwise (not comparable)

  1. As if with pincers.
    • 1955, William Beebe, Adventuring with Beebe, page 142:
      […] we saw gannets plummet, guided by some sort of magical mud vision, and emerge with mulletlike prey held pincerwise.
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