falcateadj.
/ˈfalkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈfælˌkeɪt/, /ˈfɔlˌkeɪt/, /ˈfɑlˌkeɪt/ Anatomy, Botany, and Zoology.
Bent or curved like a sickle; hooked.
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1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 166 The mandibulæ of Lampyris..are falcate.
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 192 It [sc. the absolute direction of the embryo] is either straight or..falcate.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) v. 56 Pod..always falcate or spirally twisted.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 273 Capsule compressed, ovate, oblique or falcate.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 39/2 The four wings..are falcate at the tip.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Falcate cartilages, the semi-lunar cartilages of the knee-joint.
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