Forceps

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  • Forceps -
    • 1) An instrument resembling a pair of pincers or tongs, used for grasping, manipulating, or extracting, especially such an instrument used by a surgeon.
    • 2) A pincerlike pair of movable appendages at the posterior end of the abdomen in certain insects, such as earwigs.