- recurve
- recurve [rē kʉrv′]vt., vi.recurved, recurving [L recurvare < re-, back + curvare < curvus: see CURVE]to curve or bend back or backward
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Recurve — Re*curve (r?*k?rv ), v. t. To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Recurve — Ein Skythe spannt seinen Bogen Recurve Der Bogen ist eine Abschussvorrichtung für Pfeile. Seit der jüngeren Altsteinzeit (30.000–10.000 v. Chr.) nutzen Menschen … Deutsch Wikipedia
Recurve-billed Bushbird — Conservation status Endangered … Wikipedia
recurve-billed bushbird — lenktasnapės skruzdlesės statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Clytoctantes angl. recurve billed bushbird vok. Grauer Bodenameisenwürger, m rus. толстоклювая муравьеловка, f pranc. batara à bec retroussé, m ryšiai: platesnis… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
recurve-billed bushbird — paprastoji lenktasnapė skruzdlesė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Clytoctantes alixii angl. recurve billed bushbird vok. Grauer Bodenameisenwürger, m rus. толстоклювая муравьеловка, f pranc. batara à bec retroussé, m… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
recurve — noun Date: 1956 an archery bow whose tips are curved toward the back … New Collegiate Dictionary
recurve — /ri kerrv /, v.t., v.i., recurved, recurving. to curve or bend back or backward. [1590 1600; < L recurvare, equiv. to re RE + curvare to CURVE] * * * … Universalium
recurve — verb a) To curve again, to rebend. b) To curve back on itself … Wiktionary
recurve — rɪ kÉœrv / kÉœËv v. bend or curve something backward; bend or curve something in the opposite direction … English contemporary dictionary
recurve — verb chiefly Biology bend backwards. noun Archery a bow that curves forward at the ends, straightening out when the bow is drawn. Derivatives recurvature noun … English new terms dictionary
