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declivant

declivant adjective: sloping.

Adjective

declivant (not comparable)

  1. Sloping.
    • Head but slightly tumid above; front regularly arcuate and slightly declivant, the frontal costa broadening constantly in width toward the labrum, acuminate above; vertex narrow, the eyes being separated by a space less than equal to the diameter of one of the eyes, the fastigum scarcely declivant...1875, Samuel H. Scudder, Entomological Notes, page 86
    • Fastigium of the vertex declivant or sloping.1909, Frederick Du Cane Godman, Osbert Salvin, Biologia Centrali-americana: Zoology, Botany and Archaeology, page 210

Origin of declivant

Ultimately related to Latin dēclīvis.

Questions about declivant

What does declivant mean?
Declivant means sloping.
What part of speech is declivant?
Declivant is an adjective.

Words near declivant in the dictionary

  1. declinometer
  2. declinometers
  3. declinous
  4. declipping
  5. declippings
  6. declivant
  7. declivities
  8. declivitous
  9. declivity
  10. declivous
  11. decloak

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