lion-jaw forceps

1. 1.

   a type of forceps

   Broaderforceps

   plural

Questions about lion-jaw forceps

What does lion-jaw forceps mean?

lion-jaw forceps means "a type of forceps".

Is lion-jaw forceps a common word?

lion-jaw forceps is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.