Entry: falcate (adj.)
In context: "Pemulis's hands are slender and red-knuckled and his fingers long and sort of falcate."
Definition: Bent or curved like a sickle; hooked.
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SNOOT score: 2
Page: 1019
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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