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falcated en · ADJ

Etymology

Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”)

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Synonym of falcate.
    • But little inferior to it in size is the famed Tusseh silk moth[1], which feeds on the country almond (Terminalia catappa) and the palma Christi or Castor-oil plant; it is easily distinguishable from the Atlas, which has a triangular wing, whilst its [wing] is falcated, and the transparent spots are covered with a curious thread-like division drawn across them. 1860, James Emerson Tennent, Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and:

Deriveds

unfalcated · falcated duck · falcated teal

Synonyms

falcate