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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pincerwise en · ADV

Etymology

From pincer + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) As if with pincers.
    • […] we saw gannets plummet, guided by some sort of magical mud vision, and emerge with mulletlike prey held pincerwise. 1955, William Beebe, Adventuring with Beebe, page 142: