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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

falcatus

, fr.

falx

falcis

, a sickle or scythe.]

Hooked or bent like a sickle;

as, a

falcate

leaf; a

falcate

claw

; – said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.

falcated ‎(not comparable)

Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed.
- 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.