Falcation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind"

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"the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind"

Etymology

From falcate + -ion?

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