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recurvous

recurvous adjective: recurved.

Adjective

recurvous (comparative more recurvous, superlative most recurvous)

  1. (archaic) recurved
    • I have observed long recurvous Tails, longer than their whole Body.1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    recurvate

Synonyms of recurvous

Forms of recurvous

comparativemore recurvous
superlativemost recurvous

Origin of recurvous

From Latin recurvus, from re- (“re”) + curvus (“curved”).

Questions about recurvous

What does recurvous mean?
Recurvous means recurved.
What part of speech is recurvous?
Recurvous is an adjective.

Words near recurvous in the dictionary

  1. recurvirostrid
  2. recurvirostrids
  3. recurvities
  4. recurvity
  5. recurvoside
  6. recurvous
  7. recusable
  8. recusal
  9. recusals
  10. recusance
  11. recusances

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