"falcate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfælkeɪt/ Forms: more falcate [comparative], most falcate [superlative]
Etymology: Latin falx (falc-) (“sickle”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|falx|-ate|alt1=falx (falc-)|id2=adjective|lang1=la|pos2=adjective-forming suffix|t1=sickle}} Latin falx (falc-) (“sickle”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj}} falcate (comparative more falcate, superlative most falcate)
  1. (zoology and botany) Shaped like a sickle. Categories (topical): Botany, Zoology Synonyms: falcation, falciform, falcular, drepaniform Derived forms: subfalcate Related terms: defalcate Translations (shaped like a sickle): сърповиден (sǎrpoviden) (Bulgarian), sirppimäinen (Finnish), sierpowaty (Polish), falcado [masculine] (Portuguese)
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