Recurvate is a 9 letter English word.
You can make 261 anagrams from letters in recurvate (aceerrtuv).
1590-1600; Latin recurvātus (past participle of recurvāre) to bend backwards, equivalent to re- re- + curv(us) curve + -ātus Examples for recurvate
The blade is recurvate as a result of the hafting constriction. One example of the cotypes has one straight and one recurvate blade edge. The blade is usually straight to excurvate, but may be incurvate or recurvate (Suhm, Krieger and Jelks, 1954). The blade is usually excurvate but may be straight or recurvate. The blade may be excurvate or recurvate; rarely, excurvate-recurvate. The shoulders are inversely tapered with narrow barbs that may be expanded, especially on examples with recurvate blade edges. Most blades display one excurvate and one recurvate or, rarely, straight edge. The blade is recurvate—constricted in the hafting area above the auricles. The blade is usually incurvate; rarely, recurvate or straight. The blade is usually straight; rarely, excurvate or recurvate.