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decurved

[ dee-kurvd ]

adjective

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


decurved

/ diːˈkɜːvd /

adjective

  1. bent or curved downwards

    decurved petals

    a decurved bill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of decurved1

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

In Minnesota, Dudley Edmondson, a photographer and author of “The Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places,” cited the Cape May warbler — with its decurved bill and striped breast — as that special bird of spring.

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

In front of the brain cavity, the great tubular nasal cavities are provided with well-developed turbinal bones, and are roofed over by large nasals, broad behind, and ending in front in a narrow decurved point.

Bill much shorter than head, depressed towards nail, which is elliptical and decurved at tip; lamellæ hidden; nostrils near middle of bill.

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

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