falces
- plural of falx.
Example Sentences
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They did nothing so vulgar and natural as to make use of their falces, and never once actually touched each other, but the fight was none the less deadly.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
In other she carries it in her falces until the young are hatched.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by Jordan, David Starr
Their long, shiny black, sickle-shaped falces are dangerous weapons.
From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
