forcipate

[ fawr-suh-peyt, fohr- ]

adjective

1. having the shape of or resembling a forceps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of forcipate¹

1660–70; < Latin forcip- (stem of forceps ) forceps + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

In females of the Lithobiomorpha and Scutigeromorpha the appendages of this somite—the gonopods—are jointed, forcipate and relatively well developed although small.

From Project Gutenberg

The gonopods, present and usually jointed in both sexes, are especially well developed and forcipate in the female, and arise from a large ventral plate resulting from the fusion of their coxae with the sternum of the genital somite.

From Project Gutenberg

Dermatoptera: skin-winged: an ordinal term applied to insects with elytriform, abbreviated primaries beneath which the secondaries are folded transversely and fan-like: mouth mandibulate, prothorax free; abdomen forcipate; metamorphosis incomplete: the Forficulidae or earwigs.

From Project Gutenberg

Forcipate: bearing forceps or similar structures.

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