incurvated
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Beak incurvated as if broken, denticulate; feet webbed: 1 species.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
After some time the last water-spout was incurvated and broke like the others, with this difference, that its disjunction was attended with a flash of lightning, but no explosion was heard.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Kerr, Robert
Their characteristics are—bill strong, a little incurvated; toes, three before, none behind; legs long, and naked above the knees.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 576, November 17, 1832 by Various
Tzimpuztequi, on the other hand, besides meaning lame, also signified something crooked, bent or incurvated.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
The incurvated ribs of a ship which branch outwards from the keel in a vertical direction, so as to give strength, figure, and solidity to the whole fabric.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
