pincerwise
English
Etymology
pincer + -wise
Adverb
pincerwise (not comparable)
- As if with pincers.
- 1955, William Beebe, Adventuring with Beebe (page 142)
- […] 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)