PINCERS
\pˈɪnsəz], \pˈɪnsəz], \p_ˈɪ_n_s_ə_z]\
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An instrument with two handles and two jaws working on a pivot, used for gripping things; nippers. Also, pinchers.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Prehensile claws, as of lobster; chelae of Insects; chelicerae of Arachnids.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).