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falcate, a. Anat., Bot., and Zool.|ˈfælkeɪt|
[ad. L. falcāt-us, f. falc-em, falx sickle.]
Bent or curved like a sickle; hooked.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1828) III. xxix. 166 The mandibulæ of Lampyris..are falcate. 1835Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) II. 349 Falcate. 1845― Sch. Bot. v. (1858) 56 Pod..always falcate or spirally twisted. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 273 Capsule compressed, ovate, oblique or falcate. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 39/2 The four wings..are falcate at the tip. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Falcate cartilages, the semi-lunar cartilages of the knee-joint. |