Meanings
adjectiveforcipated (comparative more forcipated, superlative most forcipated)
comparative more forcipated · superlative most forcipated · alternative forcipate
- Synonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
a forcipated mouth
1 more example
the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLCSynonyms: forcipal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
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Origin
From Latin forcip(is) + -ate + -ed.
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