About The Word Falcate
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Falcate
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What's The Definition Of Falcate?
[adj] curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Falcate: curved | curving | falciform | sickle-shaped Related Terms | Find terms related to Falcate: bicorn | corniform | crescent | crescentic | crescentiform | crescentlike | crescent-shaped | Cynthian | falciform | horned | horn-shaped | lunar | lunate | luniform | lunular | menisciform | meniscoid | moonlike | moon-shaped | semicircular | semilunar | sickle-like | sickle-shaped | sigmoid | S-shaped | two-horned See Also | Falcate In Webster's Dictionary \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, 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.
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