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Meaning of FALCIFORM

Pronunciation:  'falsu`form

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  curved like a sickle; "a falcate leaf"; "falcate claws"; "the falcate moon"
 
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 Synonyms: curved, curving, falcate, sickle-shaped
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fal"ci*form\, a. [L. falx, falcis, a sickle + -form:
cf. F. falciforme.]
Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping
hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.
 
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