Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pincer

 noun plural but singular or plural in construction  Etymology: Middle English pinceour, from Anglo-French *pinceour, pinchure, from Anglo-French *pincher, ~ to pinch, from Vulgar Latin *pinctiare, *punctiare, from Latin punctum puncture — more at point  Date: 14th century  1. an instrument having two short handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot and used for gripping things  2. a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of ~s ; chela  3. ~ movement  • ~like adjective