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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. curved like a sickle;
- Example: "a falcate leaf"
- Example: "falcate claws"
- Example: "the falcate moon"
[syn: falcate, falciform, sickle-shaped]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

falcate
    adj 1: curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws";
           "the falcate moon" [syn: falcate, falciform, sickle-
           shaped]