falciform Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite curved like a sickle
    sickle-shaped; falcate.
    • a falcate leaf
    • falcate claws
    • the falcate moon

WordNet

Fal"ci*form adjective
Etymology
L. falx, falcis, a sickle + -form: cf. F. falciforme.
Definitions
  1. Having the shape of a scithe or sickle; resembling a reaping hook; as, the falciform ligatment of the liver.

Webster 1913