falcate

[ fal-keyt ]

adjective

1. curved like a scythe or sickle; hooked; falciform.

falcate

/ ˈfælsɪˌfɔːm; ˈfælkeɪt /

adjective

1. biology shaped like a sickle

Other Words From

• sub·fal·cate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of falcate¹

1820–30; < Latin falcātus sickle-shaped, equivalent to falc- (stem of falx ) sickle + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of falcate¹

C19: from Latin falcātus , from falx sickle

Example Sentences

Pod flat, oblong, often falcate, few–several-seeded.—Low perennial herbs, or woody at base, punctate with black glands, with bipinnate leaves, and naked racemes of yellow flowers opposite the leaves or terminal.

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Corolla.—Deep sulphur-yellow; the slender falcate upper lip dark purple; the tube very slender, but the sacs of the lower lip large and deep, their folds hairy within.

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Fins of H. g. gracilis are more strongly falcate than those of the other subspecies.

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The adult butterfly is remarkable for the falcate shape of the outer margin of each front wing and the broad tail at the hind outer angle of each hind wing.

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The sei whale's smaller size and decidedly taller, more falcate dorsal fin located well more than one-third forward from the tail should prevent confusion with the blue whale.

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