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Definition of Forcepslike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forcepslike
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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