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forcipate

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for⋅ci⋅pate

  [fawr-suh-peyt, fohr-]
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–adjective
having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
Origin:
1660–70; < L forcip- (s. of forceps) forceps + -ate 1
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for·ci·pate   (fôr'sə-pāt')   
adj.  Shaped like or resembling forceps.

[Latin forceps, forcip-, pincers; see gwher- in Indo-European roots + -ate1.]
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