"falcate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfælkeɪt/ Forms: more falcate [comparative], most falcate [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“curved, sickle-shaped”), from falx (“sickle”, oblique stem in falc-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|falcātus||curved, sickle-shaped}} Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“curved, sickle-shaped”), {{af|la|falx|-ātus|nocat=1|pos1=oblique stem in falc-|t1=sickle}} falx (“sickle”, oblique stem in falc-) + -ātus, {{af|en|-ate|id1=adjective|pos1=adjective-forming suffix}} -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} falcate (comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)
  1. (zoology, botany) Shaped like a sickle. Synonyms: falcated, falciform, falcular, drepaniform Derived forms: defalcate, falcation, subfalcate Translations (shaped like a sickle): сърповиден (sǎrpoviden) (Bulgarian), sirppimäinen (Finnish), sierpowaty (Polish), falcado [masculine] (Portuguese)
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