English Explanatory Dictionary

falx

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  2. Any sickle-shaped part or process.
  3. 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.
  4. A chelicera.
  5. A snake's poison fang.
  6. A rotula of a sea urchin.

Pronunciation

/fælks/ /fɔlks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falx.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-falx2.wav

Word forms

falx falxes falces

Etymology

From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

Derived words

falcate falcial falcoid falx cerebelli falx cerebri
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