falx

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/fælks//fɔlks/

noun

A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.

OriginLatin falx →
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Meanings

nounfalx (plural falxes or falces)

plural falxes · plural falces

  1. historicalA short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  2. Any sickle-shaped part or process.
    1. anatomyA curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
    2. datedanatomyA chelicera.
    3. anatomyA snake's poison fang.
    4. anatomyA rotula of a sea urchin.

Origin

  1. Latinfalx“sickle”
  2. Englishfalx

From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with falx

calx
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Anagrams

flax
Cite this entry
APA

falx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falx

MLA

“falx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falx. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “falx,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/falx.

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