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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFLEXED

DEFLEXED De *flexed ", a.

 

Defn: Bent abruptly downward.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deflexed

de flexed |diˈflekst dəˈflɛkst | ▶adjective technical (typically of plant or animal structures ) bent or curving downward or backward: a deflexed beak. ORIGIN early 19th cent. (earlier as deflex ): from Latin deflexus ‘bent away ’ (past participle of deflectere ) + -ed 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

deflexed

de |flexed |dɪˈflɛkst | ▶adjective technical bent or curving downwards or backwards: a deflexed beak. ORIGIN early 19th cent. (earlier as deflex ): from Latin deflexus ‘bent away ’ (past participle of deflectere ) + -ed 1 .