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recurvates

recurvates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recurvate.

Meaning of recurvate

Verb

recurvate (third-person singular simple present recurvates, present participle recurvating, simple past and past participle recurvated)

  1. To bend or curve back; to recurve.
    • With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line1784, Thomas Pennant, Arctic Zoology

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Questions about recurvates

What is recurvates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Recurvates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of recurvate.

Words near recurvates in the dictionary

  1. recurtaining
  2. recurtains
  3. recurvant
  4. recurvate
  5. recurvated
  6. recurvates
  7. recurvating
  8. recurvation
  9. recurvations
  10. recurvature
  11. recurvatures

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