A pliers-like tool that locks closed It is often used for crimping barbs on hooks and for removing flies from the mouths of fish; also called "hemostats "
A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc