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View synonyms for declivous

declivous

Or de·cli·vent

[dih-klahy-vuhs]

adjective

  1. sloping downward.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of declivous1

1675–85; < Latin dēclīv ( is ) ( declivity ) + -ous
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Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; Ð opposed to declivous.

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Metopidium: the anterior declivous surface of prothorax in Membracidae.

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