recurvous,a.rare.|rɪˈkɜːvəs| [f. L. recurv-us recurve a. + -ous.] Recurved, bent back. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. viii. vi. 401 note, In others I have observed long recurvous tails, longer than their whole bodies.1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 362 These buffaloes were black, with recurvous horns.