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Falciform

//ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Sickle-shaped.

    "What announced the accomplishment of this rise in temperature? A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously."

Adjective
  1. 1
    curved like a sickle wordnet

Etymology

From Latin falx (“sickle”, stem falc-) + -iform (“-shaped”).

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