'Falcate' definitions:
Definition of 'falcate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon" [syn: falcate, falciform, sickle- shaped]
Definition of 'Falcate'
From: GCIDE
- Falcate \Fal"cate\, Falcated \Fal"ca*ted\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'falcate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bicorn,
- corniform,
- crescent,
- crescent-shaped,
- crescentic,
- crescentiform,
- crescentlike,
- Cynthian,
- falciform,
- horn-shaped,
- horned,
- lunar,
- lunate,
- luniform,
- lunular,
- menisciform,
- meniscoid,
- moon-shaped,
- moonlike,
- S-shaped,
- semicircular,
- semilunar,
- sickle-like,
- sickle-shaped,
- sigmoid,
- two-horned