Cheliform

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cheliform \Chel"i*form\, a. [Gr. chhlh` claw + -form.] (Zool.)
     Having a movable joint or finger closing against a preceding
     joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be
     used for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.
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