- falcate
- adjective Etymology: Latin falcatus, from falc-, falx sickle, scythe Date: 1826 hooked or curved like a sickle
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Falcate — Fal cate, Falcated Fal ca*ted, a. [L. falcatus, fr. falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe.] Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent formed. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
falcate — (adj.) 1826, from L. falcatus, from falcem (nom. falx) sickle … Etymology dictionary
falcate — [fal′kāt΄, fal′kit] adj. [L falcatus < falx (gen. falcis), a sickle < ? IE base * dhelg , to pierce, needle > Ger dolch, dagger] sickle shaped; curved; hooked … English World dictionary
falcate — /ˈfælkeɪt/ (say falkayt) adjective hooked; curved like a scythe or sickle; falciform: a falcate part; a falcate organ. {Latin falcātus, from falx sickle} …
Falcate Orangetip — Taxobox name = Falcate Orangetip regnum = Animalia divisio = Rhopalocera phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Pieridae subfamilia = Pierinae tribus = Anthocharini genus = Anthocharis species = A. midea binomial =… … Wikipedia
falcate sickle-shaped — curved curved adj. 1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of {straight}. Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed}; {falcate, sickle shaped}; {flexuous}; {incurvate, incurved}: {recurved, recurvate}; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
falcate-winged bat — raudonasis pjautuvasparnis lapanosis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Phyllops falcatus angl. Cuban fig eating bat; falcate winged bat rus. кубинский серпокрылый листонос ryšiai: platesnis terminas –… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
falcate amberjack — apvalusis pompanas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Trachinotus falcatus angl. falcate amberjack; ovate pompano; palometa; permit; round pompano rus. круглый помпано; круглый трахинот ryšiai: platesnis … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
falcate — sickle shaped; long, narrow and deeply concave or curved … Dictionary of ichthyology
falcate — adj. [L. falx, sickle] Sickle shaped, hooked or new moonshaped … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
