adj.
Curved or sickle-shaped; falcate.
[Latin falx, falc-, sickle + -FORM.]
falciform
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fal·ci·form (făl'sə-fôrm') 
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[f. L. falc-em sickle + -(i)form] curved, hooked, shaped like a sickle (falcate)
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
curved like a sickle
Synonyms: falcate, sickle-shaped
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