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Definition of Forcepses
1. forceps [n] - See also: forceps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forcepses
Literary usage of Forcepses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1909)
"Paradoxical as this may appear to Mr. Mivart, tridactyle forcepses, immovably
fixed at the base, but capable of a snapping action, certainly exist on some ..."
2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"Paradoxical as this may appear to Mr. Mivart, tridactyle forcepses, immovably
fixed at the base, but capable of a snapping action, certainly exist on some ..."
3. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Paradoxical as this may appear to Mr. Mivart, tridactyle forcepses, immovably
fixed at the base, but capable of a snapping action, certainly exist on some ..."
4. The Ladies' Lexicon and Parlour Companion: Containing Nearly Every Word in by William Grimshaw (1870)
"... pr. par. fording ,- past, forded : adj. fordable. FOR'CEPS. i. A pair of tongs;
а surgical instrument, pi. forcepses. FORK, adj. A nterior ; not behind. ..."
5. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"Paradoxical as this may appear to Mr. Mivart, tridactyle forcepses, immovably
fixed at the base, but capable of a snapping action, certainly exist on some ..."
6. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift by Berliner Entomologischer Verein (1895)
"A dissection and a comparative description of the male forcepses would afford a
particular interest. ..."
7. Special Catalogue of the Joint Exhibition of German Mechanicians and Opticians (1900)
"Tourmaline forcepses with and without lenses. 3. R Set of 16 differently formed
drilled glasses. 4. Preparations Of Calc-spar. Polarizing prisms of carious ..."
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