Definition of Forcepslike

1. Adjective. Resembling a forceps. ¹

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Definition of Forcepslike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forcepslike

forcefulnesses
forceless
forcemeat
forcemeats
forcement
forcené
forceout
forceouts
forceps
forceps anterior
forceps delivery
forceps major
forceps minor
forceps posterior
forcepses
forcepslike (current term)
forcer
forcers
forces
forces of nature
forces out
forcest
forceth
forcible
forcible-feeble
forcibleness
forciblenesses
forcibly
forcing
forcing house

Literary usage of Forcepslike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"Almost zigzag. FO-LI-A'CEOUS. Leaf-like. FO-RA MEN. An opening; a perforation. FOR'CI-PAT-ED. forcepslike. FOR'NI-CATE. Concave within and convex without ..."

2. Bulletin by United States National Museum, R.J. Adrosko, Bureau of American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution (1909)
"tion thus being forcepslike. This mode of ending is quite characteristic of the species. Apparently this spike-like forking of the branches may occasionally ..."

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