Meanings
- not comparableSynonym of falcate.
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But little inferior to it in size is the famed Tusseh silk moth[1], which feeds on the country almond (Terminalia catappa) and the palma Christi or Castor-oil plant; it is easily distinguishable from the Atlas, which has a triangular wing, whilst its [wing] is falcated, and the transparent spots are covered with a curious thread-like division drawn across them.
1860, James Emerson Tennent, Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, andSynonyms: falcate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of falcate.
Origin
- Latinfalcatus“sickle-shaped”
- Englishfalcated
Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”)
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