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The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.
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The claw of an arthropod.
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pincer claw of arthropods.
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a terminal pincer formed by a movable and immovable finger, parallel to the axis of the appendage
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a structure like a pincer on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
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In Dryinidae, the modified tarsus in which the apical tarsomere forms a clasping structure with its opposable tarsal claw; a pincer.
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forceps-like structure ("claw" or "pincer"), consisting of two opposed distal podomeres of first, second, and third pereiopods of crayfishes. dactyl (moveable finger) and propodus.
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The grasping ,distal portion of the claw of either of the two chelipeds
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