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  • noun Plural form of forceps.

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  • ” Paradoxical as this may appear to Mr. Mivart, tridactyle forcepses, immovably fixed at the base, but capable of a snapping action, certainly exist on some starfishes; and this is intelligible if they serve, at least in part, as a means of defence.

    VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection 1909

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