forceps
noun
an instrument, as pincers or tongs, for seizing and holding objects, as in surgical operations.
forceps-like
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a word derived from
forceps.
Example Sentences
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This giant crustacean, with her enormous forceps-like claws, generally wages a winning fight with the would-be ravishers of her young.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by James Weir
They prey on smaller insects, and the males are armed at the extremity of the body with an enormous forceps-like apparatus.
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
