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falcate
falcate [ fál kayt ] or falcated [ fál kaytəd ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
sickle-shaped: curved and tapering to a point like a sickle ( technical )

[Early 19th century. < Latin falcatus< falc- 'sickle']
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