falcate
sickle-shaped; curved; hooked
Origin of falcate
Classical Latin falcatus from falx (gen. falcis), a sickle from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Indo-European base an unverified form dhelg-, to pierce, needle from source German dolch, daggerfalcate
also fal·cat·ed
adjective
Curved and tapering to a point; sickle-shaped.
Origin of falcate
Latin falcātus from falx falc- sicklefalcate
Adjective
(comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)
- (zoology and botany) Shaped like a sickle.
