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forcipate, a. Bot. and Zool.|ˈfɔːsɪpeɪt| [f. as prec. + -ate2.] Formed like a forceps.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 124 Two forcipate claws. 1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 121 These organs of forcipate construction. 1849Johnston in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 7. 367 A mandibular shaft forcipate at the apex. 1862Cooke Bot. Terms, Forcipate, forked like pincers. |