Claws vs. Pincers — What's the Difference?

A sharp, curved, horny structure at the end of a toe of a vertebrate animal.

Often pincers or pinchers A grasping tool having two parts hinged together to work in opposition.

A chela or similar pincerlike structure on the end of a limb of a crustacean or arachnid.

One of the opposing parts in such a tool.

One of one or more small curved structures at the tip of an appendage of an invertebrate, especially an insect or other arthropod.

A claw resembling such a tool, as of a lobster or scorpion; a chela.

A limb terminating in such a structure.

Pincers or pinchers A pair of mandibles or other appendages used by certain arthropods for grasping, as the cerci of an earwig.

Something, such as the cleft end of a hammerhead, that resembles a claw.

A military maneuver in which an enemy force is attacked from two flanks and the front.

(Botany) A narrowed, stalklike basal part of a petal, sepal, or bract.

Plural of pincer

To scratch, dig, tear, or pull with the claws or fingernails.

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

Plural of claw

The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

See Pinchers.