recurved

Speech parts

1. recurved - Adjective

2. recurved - Verb

3. recurved - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

recurvate bend form perfect curve loop smooth curved bent curvature bending bowed hooked curving slick
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Antonyms

direct moral pure straight valid acceptable
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Phrases with the word

recurved thorn-apple

Examples

Important teeth for carnivorans are the large, slightly recurved canines, used to dispatch prey, and the carnassial complex, used to rend meat from bone and slice it into digestible pieces. Source: Internet

It is a large glove with a recurved claw at the end, and covered with dozens of spines. Source: Internet

The proboscis bears rings of recurved hooks arranged in horizontal rows, and it is by means of these hooks that the animal attaches itself to the tissues of its host. Source: Internet

I went to see it this week, and it is a beautiful little flower - white, with pink anthers, with recurved petals. Source: Internet

There are two types: incurved and recurved, or straight. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

recurve bow recurve-billed bushbird recurvebill recurved thorn-apple recurving recurviroster