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crane's-bill

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Crane\'s-bill

Crane's"-bill`\ (kr?nz"b?l`), n. 1. (Bot.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. --Dr. Prior.

2. (Surg.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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