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Definition of Decurved
1. Adjective. Bent down or curved downward. "The decurved bill of a curlew"
Definition of Decurved
1. Adjective. curved downward ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decurved
1. decurve [v] - See also: decurve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decurved
Literary usage of Decurved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"A small tree of Costa Rica resembling R. mucosa but with fls. in clusters of 2
or 3, having the corolla-wings horizontally spreading and slightly decurved, ..."
2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter (1909)
"segments crenulate or incised: spike dense, 1-2 dm. long: calyx 5-toothed, nearly
equaling the corolla-tube: corolla red or purple; galea decurved against ..."
3. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"... rather slender, nearly as deep as broad at the base, much compressed toward
the end, nearly straight, being slightly recurved, with the tips decurved; ..."
4. Flora of Tropical Africa by Daniel Oliver (1871)
"Cymes subterminal, short, decurved, clothed with imbricating green ... Capsule 1 in.
long, pedicel slender decurved rhomboid-orbicular or obovate, 3-winged; ..."
5. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"Bill two inches and a fourth along the ridge, which is much decurved toward the
end, nine-twelfths high at the angle, which is prominent; tarsus two inches ..."
6. An Illustrated Manual of British Birds by Howard Saunders (1899)
"Bill short, decurved from the base ; cere rudimentary; nostrils nearly ...
Bill decurved from the base and much hidden by feathers ; nostrils small and ..."
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