FALCULATE

Adjective

falculate (comparative more falculate, superlative most falculate)

(zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.

Source: Wiktionary


Fal"cu*late, a. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Curved and sharppointed, like a falcula, or claw of a falcon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


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