sickle-shaped
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- adjective
- /ˈsɪkəlˌʃeɪpt/
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en forma de hoz
- The sickle-shaped leaves of the plant curve gracefully towards the sun.
- sickle-shaped cells
Examples
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The crescent moon hung in the sky like a sickle-shaped silhouette against the stars.
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Lukas gestured toward him with his sickle-shaped claws.
Fiction book (1992) -
Beneath the clown's nose, a black button, the mouth curves up in a sickle-shaped grin.
Fiction book (1991) -
Also, some physical traits that do not appear in wolves are common in dogs, including a sickle-shaped tail, floppy ears, and piebald color patterns.
Academic text (1997) -
Mr. Brown sat in the driveway, the sickle-shaped dimple in his fender looking jauntier than ever.
Fiction book (1994) -
Where down below there were a few scrubby kiawe trees, now we see koa with their silvery green, sickle-shaped leaves, light green kukui trees, and a few old sandalwood trees whose leaves take on a pinkish cast in the sun.
Fiction book (1997) -
She wore a necklace featuring a sickle-shaped pendant that glimmered in the light.
Synonyms
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Shaped like a curved moon
Curved like a sickle
Curved into a thin C shape, often describing cells or leaves
Curved like a sickle
How Curved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sickle-shaped comes from the old farm tool sickle, a curved blade used to cut grain. So something sickle-shaped is 'curved like a sickle', for example a crescent moon or a curved leaf, which explains the modern meaning.