scissor-like

comparative more scissor-like · superlative most scissor-like

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of scissorlike.

   The 30-inch stainless steel tongs have scissor-like pincers that you operate with one hand while working a shorter, third appendage with the other hand.

   2014 January 29, Julie Lasky, “Extra Arms (and Teeth) for Wrangling Firewood”, in The New York Times

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   “We gave them fake arms and taught them to hold a scalpel, how to tie sutures, how to hold multiple instruments,” Dr. Burns, the show’s medical adviser, said in a recent interview in his cluttered study, demonstrating the gunslinger reflexes needed to flip a waiting hemostat, a scissor-like tool, off the wrist and seal a broken blood vessel.

   2014 January 8, Jennifer Schuessler, “The Cocaine, the Blood, the Body Count”, in The New York Times

   Scientists have often attributed their wild success to their unique way of chewing, in which they used a scissor-like motion to grind tough plants between a row of teeth and bare bone.

   2023 June 16, Freda Kreier, “The Sad Story Behind a Fossil’s ‘Grin’”, in The New York Times