a. Anat., Bot., and Zool. [ad. L. falcāt-us, f. falc-em, falx sickle.] Bent or curved like a sickle; hooked.
1826. Kirby & Spence, Entomol. (1828), III. xxix. 166. The mandibulæ of Lampyris … are falcate.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), II. 349. Falcate. Ibid. (1845), Sch. Bot., v. (1858), 56. Pod … always falcate or spirally twisted.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 273. Capsule compressed, ovate, oblique or falcate.
1879. Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 39/2. A clear ocellus in each of the four wings, which are falcate at the tip and very powerful, make it a typical example of its genus, Antherœa.
1884. Syd. Soc. Lex., Falcate cartilages, the semi-lunar cartilages of the knee-joint.
