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falciform

American  
[fal-suh-fawrm] / ˈfæl səˌfɔrm /

adjective

  1. sickle-shaped; falcate.

Other Word Forms

  • subfalciform adjective

Etymology

Origin of falciform

1760–70; < Latin falci- (stem of falx ) sickle + -form

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