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Synonyms for falcate

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fal-keyt or fal-key-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfæl keɪt or ˈfæl keɪ tɪd


Définition of falcate

Origin :
  • 1826, from Latin falcatus, from falcem (nominative falx) "sickle."
  • As in crescent : adj sickle-shaped
Example sentences :
  • Falcate, scythe-shaped; a flat body curved, its edges parallel.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • Wings rather short, falcate, pointed, the second primary longest.
  • Extract from : « A Synopsis of the Birds of North America » by John James Audubon
  • There is a falcate dorsal fin; but the head in outline is not Rorqual-like in spite of its similar proportions.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • Setae numerous; the appendage short, falcate, with tip simple, but a slender tooth near middle of curved edge.
  • Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11. No. 1. » by Various
  • Prickles straightish or falcate, slender or strong, without bristles.
  • Extract from : « Parsons on the Rose » by Samuel Browne Parsons
  • In the genus Pontoporia the dorsal fin is well developed and falcate.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • "Skull with marked but rounded supra-orbital ridges continued into temporal ridges; coronoid process high and falcate" (Alston).
  • Extract from : « Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon » by Robert A. Sterndale
  • The dorsal fin was relatively small, falcate, and obtusely terminated.
  • Extract from : « The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae » by Frederick True
  • This Falcate Orange-tip is one of the daintiest and most exquisite of northern butterflies.
  • Extract from : « Butterflies Worth Knowing » by Clarence M. Weed
  • Front outer angle of each front wing projecting into a falcate tip.
  • Extract from : « Butterflies Worth Knowing » by Clarence M. Weed

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