falcated
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”)
Adjective edit
falcated (not comparable)
- Synonym of falcate
- 1860, James Emerson Tennent, Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “falcated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.