decurved

American  

[dee-kurvd] / diˈkɜrvd /

adjective

1. curved downward, as the bill of a bird.

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decurved British  

/ diːˈkɜːvd /

adjective

1. bent or curved downwards

   a decurved bill

   decurved petals

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Etymology

Origin of decurved

First recorded in 1825–35; de- + curved ( def. )

Example Sentences

The ducks have vanished, but Dugan discovers a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, and Gallo and Bonomo get two Whimbrels, large, leggy shorebirds with long, decurved bills.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2021

The lower jaw has a prominent, narrow, recurved coronoid, and a well-developed angular process, and is strongly decurved in front.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

Bill slender and much decurved; tail usually pointed and stiffened.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

This species is a uniform ashy gray above and soiled white below; the bill is stout and decurved.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

Involucral leaves 2; perianth dorsally compressed, the mouth truncate, bilabiate, decurved.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa