Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Curved and tapering to a point; sickle-shaped.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Hooked; curved like a scythe or sickle; falciform: specifically applied in anatomy, zoölogy, and botany to a falciform part or organ having two sharp and nearly parallel edges, curved in one plane and meeting at a point.
- noun A figure resembling a sickle, formed by two curves bending the same way and meeting in a point at the apex, the base terminating in a straight margin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hooked or bent like a sickle; ; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Shaped like a
sickle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective curved like a sickle
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mature foliage consists of phyllodes, which may be straight or falcate, acute or sub-falcate,
Chapter 41 1990
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Pinnules oblong, often slightly falcate, entire or toothed.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Pinnæ broadly lanceolate-falcate or the lowest triangular, strongly auricled on the upper side, densely spinulose-toothed.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Thus, in Pl. 17, fig. 1, it is greatly developed and resembles a large horn with a falcate tip.
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The two species known as Foxtail Pines are alike in their short entire falcate leaves, persisting for many years and forming long dense foliage-masses.
The Genus Pinus George Russell Shaw 1892
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"Muzzle pointed; eyes prominent; ears rather large, sub-naked; fur soft (rarely mixed with spines); pollex rudimentary; claws short; tail moderate or long, scaly, with scattered hairs; no cheek pouches; skull elongate, narrow; temporal ridges nearly parallel; palate compressed; incisive foramina long; auditory bullae moderately large; coronoid process high, falcate; incisors rarely grooved; molars with transverse ridges, each composed in youth of three tubercles" (_Alston_).
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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"Skull with marked but rounded supra-orbital ridges continued into temporal ridges; coronoid process high and falcate"
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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-- This differs from the last in a "rather smaller, lower, and more falcate dorsal fin, its more pointed and less anteriorly bulging head, and rather shorter and broader pectoral fins"
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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-- Body cylindrical, tapering to the tail; dorsal fin high, falcate, and placed about the middle of the body proper, excluding the tail portion; the forehead with a prominent boss over the snout, which is short; pectoral fins long and narrow; colour uniform leaden black, paler beneath.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The back fin rises behind the centre of the back; it is comparatively small, falcate, curved over the top to a blunt point, and concave behind.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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