falciform
adjUK /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːm/ · US /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/
Etymology From Latin falx (“sickle”, stem falc-) + English -iform (“-shaped”).
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Sickle-shaped.
- What announced the accomplishment of this rise in temperature? A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, page 627:
- David realized he’d been unconsciously pushing his nails into his palms, leaving little red falciform marks.2009, Nick Laird, Glover's Mistake:
- Derived terms
- falciform cartilage, falciformity, falciform ligament, falciform process, subfalciform
- Related terms
28 terms
falcade, falcated, falcate, falcation, case of falchions, double falchion, single falchion, falchion, falciferous, falciparum, Grand Falconer, Great Falconer, falconer, falconet, falcon-eyed, falcon-face, falcon-fisher, falcon-flight, falcon-guise, falconish, falcon-like, falcon-nest, falcon shot, falcon, falcon-gentle, falconine, falconry, falculate