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HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS

falcate

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Adjective

HYPHEN

fal=cate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective falcate has 1 sense

falcate(s = adj.all) falciform, sickle-shaped - curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

falcate, a. [L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.].

Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

falcate, adj. Anat. curved like a sickle.

Etymology

L falcatus f. falx falcis sickle

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THESAURUS

falcate

Cynthian, S-shaped, bicorn, corniform, crescent, crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, falciform, horn-shaped, horned, lunar, lunate, luniform, lunular, menisciform, meniscoid, moon-shaped, moonlike, semicircular, semilunar, sickle-like, sickle-shaped, sigmoid, two-horned

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