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Definition of Falcated
1. Adjective. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Falcated
1. falcate [adj] - See also: falcate
Medical Definition of Falcated
1. 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. Origin: L. Falcatus, fr. Falx, falcis, a sickle or scythe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falcated
Literary usage of Falcated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Natural History: Being an Introduction to the Systema Naturae of by Charles Stewart (1802)
"Black; the abdomen falcated and red in the middle ; the hinder tibiae ... Black,
the abdomen falcated, yellow before; the joints of the hind feet black ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1793)
"... in the more falcated ... By comparing the appearances of the terminating
borders of the moon in its falcated ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1793)
"... the inferior conjunction, when Venus appears about half full, or falcated,
... the appearances of the terminating borders of the moon in its falcated ..."
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