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
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falcate
also fal·cat·ed
adjective
Curved and tapering to a point; sickle-shaped.
Origin of falcate
Latin falcātus from falx falc- sickleTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)
- (zoology and botany) Shaped like a sickle.
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