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Falcate

//ˈfælkeɪt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like a sickle.
Adjective
  1. 1
    curved like a sickle wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“curved, sickle-shaped”), from falx (“sickle”, oblique stem in falc-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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