recurvous

Meanings

adjectiverecurvous (comparative more recurvous, superlative most recurvous)

archaicrecurved
I have observed long recurvous Tails, longer than their whole Body.
1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
Synonyms: recurvate

adjectiverecurved

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From Latin recurvus, from re- (“re”) + curvus (“curved”).

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