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recurvate

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re⋅cur⋅vate

  [ri-kur-vit, -veyt]
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–adjective
bent back or backward; recurved.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L recurvātus (ptp. of recurvāre) to bend backwards, equiv. to re- re- + curv(us) curve + -ātus -ate 1
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re·cur·vate   (rĭ-kûr'vāt', -vĭt)   
adj.  Bent or curved backward.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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