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forcipated

forcipated adjective: synonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).

Adjective

forcipated (comparative more forcipated, superlative most forcipated)

  1. Synonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
    • a forcipated mouth
    • the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    forcipal

Synonyms of forcipated

Forms of forcipated

comparativemore forcipated
superlativemost forcipated
alternative formforcipate

Origin of forcipated

From Latin forcip(is) + -ate + -ed.

Questions about forcipated

What does forcipated mean?
Forcipated means synonym of forcipal (“forceps-shaped”).
What part of speech is forcipated?
Forcipated is an adjective.

Words near forcipated in the dictionary

  1. forcing the voucher
  2. forcingly
  3. forcings
  4. forcipal
  5. forcipate
  6. forcipated
  7. forcipation
  8. forcipes
  9. forcipiform
  10. forcipressure
  11. forcipulatacean

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