What does "forceps" mean?

An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.

Forceps

Common synonyms include: pincers, buffer, corkscrew, crowbar, delivery forceps, dental extraction forceps.

/ˈfɔːsɛps/ noun

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Noun

1
An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers.
2
an extractor consisting of a pair of pincers used in medical treatment (especially for the delivery of babies) wordnet
3
A pair of appendages on the abdomen of some insects, such as earwigs, resembling the medical instrument.

"Sami used a forceps to pick the ant up from its thorax."

Learned borrowing from Latin forceps.