forficulateadj.
/fɔːˈfɪkjʊlət/ Entomology.
Shaped like a pair of small scissors.
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1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The forficulate palpi of certain scorpions.
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forficulatev.
/fɔːˈfɪkəleɪt/ intransitive. To have a ‘creeping’ sensation, as if a forficula or earwig were crawling over one's skin.Apparently an isolated use.
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1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons vii. xxviii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 396/1 There is not a part of me that has not..crept, crawled, and forficulated ever since.
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