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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)