scis·sor·like

[siz-er-lahyk]
adjective
like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.

Origin:
1865–70; scissor(s) + -like

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The strike is executed when the mandibles are released, crossing over each other in a scissorlike motion.
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