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pinch-bug
pinch-bug U.S. A stag-beetle belonging to the family Lucanidæ.1856 ‘Mark Twain’ Let. 25 May in Iowa Jrnl. Hist. (1929) XXVII. 423 A tenor and bass duet by thirty-two thousand locusts and ninety-seven thousand pinch-bugs was sung. 1870 E. Eggleston Bk. Queer Stories ix. 74 We came to a log on which t...
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Pinch bug
Pinch bug, pinchbug, or pincher bug may refer to: Stag beetles, insects belonging to the family Lucanidae
Earwigs, insects belonging to the order Dermaptera Members of the crab family Chirostylidae, which together with families Galatheidae and Kiwaidae are also commonly known as squat lobsters
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pinching
▪ I. pinching, vbl. n. (ˈpɪn(t)ʃɪŋ) [f. pinch v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb, in various senses. 1. a. Compression between the tips of the finger and thumb or other opposing surfaces; nipping, squeezing, pressure; spec. in the manège (see quot. 1727–41); in Hort., (see pinch v. 2 b).1693 Evelyn...
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