はさみ

noun

pincers; claws; forceps

Refers to the grasping appendages of crustaceans or arachnids; also used for surgical forceps. The same reading はさみ is shared with 鋏 (scissors), but this word specifically means pincers/claws.

See also: はさみ

• カニのはさみに挟はさまれた。

  I got pinched by a crab's pincers.

• サソリのはさみは小ちいさいが強きょう力りょくだ。

  A scorpion's pincers are small but powerful.