falcate

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Minutely downy, becoming nearly smooth; leaflets 13–15, oblong-lanceolate, tapering gradually to a slender point, falcate, serrate; nut olive-shaped.—River bottoms, S. Ind., S. Ill., and Iowa, to La. and Tex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The adult butterfly is remarkable for the falcate shape of the outer margin of each front wing and the broad tail at the hind outer angle of each hind wing.

From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Weed, Clarence M.

Dorsal fin broad-based, falcate to flaglike, in front half of back.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David

It is low in profile, has a long base, is set far forward on the animal's back, and is falcate to "flaglike" in appearance.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David

They may be distinguished from sei whales in the following similar ways: Fin WhaleSei WhaleDORSAL FIN Slightly falcate, forms angle of less than 40° with back slightly more than one-third forward from tail.

From Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification by Caldwell, David