sickle¹ /sikˈl/

1. An implement with a curved blade and a short handle, for cutting crops, etc, a reaping-hook
2. A sickle feather

sickˈled adjective

Bearing a sickle

sickˈlebill noun

A bird of paradise, hummingbird, etc, with a sickle-shaped bill

sickle-cell anaemia or sickle-celled anaemia noun

(also called sickleˈmia) a severe hereditary anaemia, mainly affecting black people, in which the red blood cells become distorted into a sickle shape and are subsequently destroyed by the body's defence system

sickle-cell trait noun

A mild, usu symptomless, condition with some of the characteristics of sickle-cell anaemia

sickle feather noun

A cock's elongated tail feather

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