forcipateadj.
/ˈfɔːsɪpeɪt/ Botany and Zoology.
Formed like a forceps.
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1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 124 Two forcipate claws.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 121 These organs of forcipate construction.
1849 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 7. 367 A mandibular shaft forcipate at the apex.
1862 M. C. Cooke Man. Bot. Terms Forcipate, forked like pincers.
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