forcipated

English

Alternative forms

• forcipate

Adjective

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

References

• “forcipated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.