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FALCIFORM

\fˈalsɪfˌɔːm], \fˈalsɪfˌɔːm], \f_ˈa_l_s_ɪ_f_ˌɔː_m]\

Definitions of FALCIFORM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Having shape of a sickle.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

In the shape of a sickle; resembling a reaping-hook.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Sickle-shaped or scythe-shaped.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Having the shape of a scythe. This term has been applied to different parts. See Falx, and Sinus.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Shaped like a sickle.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Sickle-shaped.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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