"scissor-like" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more scissor-like [comparative], most scissor-like [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} scissor-like (comparative more scissor-like, superlative most scissor-like)
  1. Alternative spelling of scissorlike Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scissorlike
    Sense id: en-scissor-like-en-adj-bK2-v4X8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2014 January 8, Jennifer Schuessler, “The Cocaine, the Blood, the Body Count”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "“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.",
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          "ref": "2023 June 16, Freda Kreier, “The Sad Story Behind a Fossil’s ‘Grin’”, in The New York Times:",
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