falcate

Definitions of falcate
  1. adjective
    curved like a sickle
    “a falcate leaf”
    “falcate claws”
    “the falcate moon”
    synonyms: falciform, sickle-shaped
    curved, curving
    having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend
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