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   for·ceps

   /ˈfôrsəps/

   plural

   • 1. a pair of pincers or tweezers used in surgery or in a laboratory.
   • ▪ a large instrument with broad pincers, used to encircle a baby's head and assist in birth: "a forceps delivery"
   • ▪ an organ or structure resembling forceps, especially the cerci of an earwig.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin, ‘tongs, pincers’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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