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adjective

rĕd-uncus

fem. rĕd-unca · neut. rĕd-uncum
curved; bent backwards; curved poetic •
curved or bent backwards (very rare; syn.: recurvus, repandus): jamque aliis adunca, aliis redunca (cornua dedit), Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125.— Poet., in gen., curved, bent: pennis rostroque redunco, Ov. M. 12, 562: ora redunca, id. ib. 11, 342.
Perseus ID: n40766 Key: reduncus