Crossword-Solution: FALCATE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Falcate | a. | Alt. of Falcated |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FALCATE | anagram | CATFLEA |
We have 2 clues for the answer “FALCATE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Sickle-shaped. | 1 answer |
| shaped like a sickle | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FALCATE (5)
The only species of Trochilinæ which I found at Caripí were the little brassy-green Polytmus viridissimus, the sapphire and emerald (Thalurania furcata), and the large falcate-winged Campylopterus obscurus.
Its long, slightly falcate leaves, being of a silvery green colour, give a peculiar character to the forest, where the tree abounds.
The back fin rises behind the centre of the back; it is comparatively small, falcate, curved over the top to a blunt point, and concave behind.
DESCRIPTION.--Body cylindrical, tapering to the tail; dorsal fin high, falcate, and placed about the middle of the body proper, excluding the tail portion; the forehead with a prominent boss over the snout, which is short; pectoral fins long and narrow; colour uniform leaden black, paler beneath.
This peculiarity consists, first, in the upper wings being generally more elongate and falcate; and secondly, in the costa or anterior margin being much more curved, and in most instances exhibiting near the base an abrupt bend or elbow, which in some species is very conspicuous.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1959).