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falcation

falcation noun: the state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.

Noun

falcation (countable and uncountable, plural falcations)

  1. (archaic) The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.
    • the Locuſs have Antenna or long horns before, with a long falcation or forcipated tail behind1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of falcation

pluralfalcations

Origin of falcation

From falcate + -ion?

Questions about falcation

What does falcation mean?
Falcation means the state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.
What part of speech is falcation?
Falcation is a noun.
What is the plural of falcation?
The plural of falcation is falcations.

Words near falcation in the dictionary

  1. falcated teal
  2. falcated teals
  3. falcately
  4. falcatid
  5. falcatids
  6. falcation
  7. falcations
  8. falcer
  9. falcers
  10. falces
  11. falces cerebrorum

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