a. [f. as prec. + -ED1.] = prec.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., V. iii. 236. Locusts have Antennæ or long hornes before, with a long falcation or forcipated tayle behinde.
1713. Derham, Phys. Theol., IV. xi. 190, note. When they have seized their Prey, they will so tenaciously hold it with their forcipated Mouth, that they will not part therewith, even when thay are taken out of the Waters, and jumbled about in one’s Hand.
1836–9. R. B. Todd, The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, II. 863–4. Distinguished from the Brachelytra by the forcipated anus.
