forcipated

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forcipated (comparative more forcipated, superlative most forcipated)

  1. Synonym of forcipal (forceps-shaped)
    a forcipated mouth
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind

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