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forcipes

forcipes is the plural of forceps.

Meaning of forceps

Noun

forceps (plural forceps or forcipes or forcepses)

  1. An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
  2. A pair of appendages on the abdomen of some insects, such as earwigs, resembling the medical instrument.

Questions about forcipes

What is forcipes the plural of?
Forcipes is the plural of forceps.

Words near forcipes in the dictionary

  1. forcings
  2. forcipal
  3. forcipate
  4. forcipated
  5. forcipation
  6. forcipes
  7. forcipiform
  8. forcipressure
  9. forcipulatacean
  10. forcipulataceans
  11. forcipulate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forcipes (page history and authors); forceps (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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