What does recurvate mean?
Recurvate means To bend or curve back; to recurve..
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/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)veɪt/ · verb
To bend or curve back; to recurve..
With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line
Use recurvate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Recurvate means To bend or curve back; to recurve..
Common synonyms include curved, recurved, curving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
With a bill two inches and a half long , very ſlender , and a little recurvated : head , and upper part of neck , cinereous , with dusky lines : over each eye a white line
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