Part 2691

<hw>Cur`vi*cos"tate</hw> <tt>(k?r`v?-k?s"t?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> + E. <ets>costate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having bent ribs.</def>

<h1>Curvidentate</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur`vi*den"tate</hw> <tt>(k?r`v?-d?n"t?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> + E. <ets>dentate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having curved teeth.</def>

<h1>Curviform</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"vi*form</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?-f?rm)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus + -form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having a curved form.</def>

<h1>Curvilinead</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur`vi*lin"e*ad</hw> <tt>(k?r`v?-l?n"?-?d)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An instrument for drawing curved lines.</def>

<h1>Curvilineal -<it>a</it>l, Curvilinear</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw><hw>Cur`vi*lin"e*al</hw> <tt>(-<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <hw>Cur`vi*lin"e*ar</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> bent + E. <ets>lineal</ets>, <ets>linear</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; <as>as, a <ex>curvilinear</ex> figure</as>.</def>

<h1>Curvilinearity</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur`vi*lin`e*ar"i*ty</hw> <tt>(-?r"?-t?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.</def>

<h1>Curvilinearly</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur`vi*lin"e*ar*ly</hw> <tt>(-?r-l?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a curvilinear manner.</def>

<h1>Curvinerved</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"vi*nerved`</hw> <tt>(-n?rvd`)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> bent + E. <ets>nerve</ets>. ]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also <altname>curvinervate</altname> and <altname>curve-veined</altname>.</def>

<h1>Curvirostral</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur`vi*ros"tral</hw> <tt>(-r?s"tr<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> + E. <ets>rostral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.</def>

<h1>Curvirostres</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"vi*ros"tres</hw> <tt>(-r?s"tr?z)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>curvus</ets> curved + <ets>rostrum</ets> beak, rostrum.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.</def>

<h1>Curviserial</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur`vi*se"ri*al</hw> <tt>(-s?"r?-al)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> bent + E. <ets>serial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.</def>

<h1>Curvity</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"vi*ty</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?-y?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvitas</ets>, from <ets>curvus</ets> bent: cf. F. <ets>curvit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.</def>

<i>Holder.</i>

<h1>Curvograph</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cur"vo*graph</hw> <tt>(k?r"v?-gr?f)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>curvus</ets> bent + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>An arcograph.</def>

<h1>Cushat</h1> <Xpage=358>

<hw>Cush"at</hw> <tt>(k??sh"?t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cusceote</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The ringdove or wood pigeon.</def>