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^[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

• falcated duck (Anas falcata)

References

• “falcated”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.