falcated

English

Etymology

Latin falcatus (sickle-shaped)

Adjective

falcated (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of falcate
    • 1860, James Emerson Tennent, Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and:
      But little inferior to it in size is the famed Tusseh silk moth[1], which feeds on the country almond (Terminalia catappa) and the palma Christi or Castor-oil plant; it is easily distinguishable from the Atlas, which has a triangular wing, whilst its [wing] is falcated, and the transparent spots are covered with a curious thread-like division drawn across them.

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