decurvev.
/dɪˈkəːv/ rare.
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To curve or bend down.
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deˈcurved adj. curved downwards.
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decurved1835
downswept1907
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. ix. 274 An incipient decurved spire.
1892 Athenæum 18 June 795/2 The upper mandible [of a parakeet] was so abnormally decurved.
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