noun
Meaning 1
A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Standard Lemma guide
falx
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noun
Meaning 2
Any sickle-shaped part or process.
A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Any sickle-shaped part or process.
A chelicera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
Any sickle-shaped part or process.
A snake's poison fang.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Any sickle-shaped part or process.
A rotula of a sea urchin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology
From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.