grasping

often modified for grasping and piercing

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

the act of grasping v

One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. n

n a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together n the act of grasping v hold firmly and tightly v fasten with or as if with a brooch v fasten with a buckle or buckles v grasp firmly