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falx

/fælks/

falx noun: a short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.

Noun

falx (plural falxes or falces)

  1. (historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  2. A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
  3. (dated) A chelicera.
  4. A snake's poison fang.
  5. A rotula of a sea urchin.

falx meaning in Tamil

falx in Tamil

அறிவாள் உரு, வலசு

Forms of falx

pluralfalxes
pluralfalces

Origin of falx

From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

Words formed from falx

Words that rhyme with falx

Questions about falx

What does falx mean?
Falx means a short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
What is falx in Tamil?
Falx in Tamil is அறிவாள் உரு, வலசு. See Falx meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is falx?
Falx is a noun.
How do you pronounce falx?
Falx is pronounced /fælks/.
What is the plural of falx?
The plural of falx is falxes.

Words near falx in the dictionary

  1. Falvo
  2. falvopiridol
  3. Falvos
  4. Falwell
  5. Falwellian
  6. falx
  7. falx cerebelli
  8. falx cerebri
  9. falxes
  10. Falzarano
  11. Falzaranos

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