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Definition of: falcula
(fal′kyə·lə) noun
1. A sharp, curved claw, as in birds of prey.
2. Anat. A sickle–shaped process of the dura mater between the lobes of the cerebellum: also called falx cerebelli. [<L, dim. of falx a sickle]
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