do ants have pinchers, or pincers

Yes. Ants have pinchers or pincers (it's usually part of the creature's mandible) protruding from its head. The two strong pinchers are used to carry food, to dig, and to defend.

http://www.lifestudiesonline.com/antbody.htm

Ant Anatomy via kwout

Hidden by the mandibles is the mouth, which ants use not only to eat, but also to clean themselves and nestmates.

When you come across an ant on the ground, it’s almost always a worker ant. Workers are adult females that don’t reproduce, but perform all the other jobs needed to keep an ant colony alive and healthy.

In case you are wondering, there are no male workers in ant colonies. What do these female worker ants look like? Take a closer look at Asu.edu.

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Wednesday, March 30 2016
Source: http://www.lifestudiesonline.com/antbody.htm