forficateadj.
/ˈfɔːfɪkət/ Entomology.
Shaped like a pair of scissors.
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fourchedc1330
bi-furked?1545
crotched1587
forcipated1646
bifurcous1656
forcipate1668
forficated1752
forficate1816
furcate1819
bifurcate1835
bifurcated1853
bifurcal1861
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 106 (note) The mandibles are forficate.
1889 Cent. Dict. at Frigate-bird It has..a long forficate tail.
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adj.1816- to pull the rug from under
- to pull the rug out from under
- to pull the skin over a person's ears
- to pull the string of the shower bath
- to pull the strings
- to pull the wires
- to pull through
- to pull to
- to pull to bits
- to pull to pieces
- to pull together
- to pull trigger
- to pull up
- to pull up by the roots
- to pull up one's stumps
- to pull up short
- to pull up stakes
- to pull up tent-stakes
- to pull up tentstakes
- to pull up the drawbridge
- to pull up the plug
- to pull up to
- to pull wigs
- to pull, row stroke
- to pull, shake oneself together