Assurgent: down-curved at base, then upcurved to an erect position.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

It was a jet-black rhinoceros beetle with a sweeping upcurved horn.    From Wordnik.com.  [December 6]

Maiasaurs had an upcurved lip, which gave them the appearance of smiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jurassic Park]

The work was exquisite, every upcurved feather of her wings shaped perfectly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

The first glume is oblong or ovate, flat, smooth, coriaceous, pectinately margined with upcurved spines.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

Huge red eyes had been painted on the timbers of the upcurved prow, giving the galley a demonic appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Silver Bow]

Sometimes it ran limpingly on three legs, a forelimb held upcurved; again, stumbling and bent over, on two.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Against The Witch World]

The astonished eyes shone out from white circles framed in ebony sunbursts; the nose was like an islet washed by jetty waves; the mouth slowly widened under a fiercely upcurved line of inky hue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference

Some artisans discovered that by placing in front of the eyes of old persons transparent glass disks with upcurved, clear surfaces, these persons saw things at close quarters as well as they had when they were young.    From Wordnik.com.  [OPTICS AND VISION] Reference

Broken fountains, and mouldering vases once filled with orange-trees, outline the balustraded terraces; gilt pavilions lift their upcurved eaves above a wild growth of oleander, but the enchanted scene of old romance is given up to bats and lizards, for the crumbling Taman Sarie is now a fast-vanishing monument of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference

Don't think ye can pull his impeeryal hat down on his bold upcurved nose.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Dooley Says] Reference

There was no cordiality nor friendship in her expression; a sneer upcurved her short upper lip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Efficiency Expert] Reference

They are arranged spirally on the shoot, but twisted slightly s-shaped to be upcurved above the shoot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Me A Cure] Reference

Labels: Brendan Emmett Quigley, ISP with butterfly logo, Joon Pahk, sneaker symbol, wading bird with upcurved bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference

This genus differs in the form of the head from Lipura and also wants the terminal upcurved spines, while the antennæ are much more pointed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference

They are thickly covered for a considerable space near their extremities with the upcurved prickles, which are quite absent in the latter form; and they generally bear on their tips two or three straight prickles instead of one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insectivorous Plants] Reference

Inspired by curiosity at their stillness, he was looking down to see whether they were edible; the upcurved ends of his great wings flirted just once to show that he was part of the living glory of the air -- a symbol of freedom to men and fishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Patrician] Reference

Arrived at the farther end of the sliver, which was about seventy-five feet long, I chipped another little platform on its upcurved end, cautiously rose to my feet, and with infinite pains cut narrow notch steps and finger-holds in the wall and finally got safely across.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in Alaska] Reference

There, cautiously balancing, I chipped down the upcurved end of the bridge until I had formed a small level platform about a foot wide, then, bending forward, got astride of the end of the sliver, steadied myself with my knees, then cut off the top of the sliver, hitching myself forward an inch or two at a time, leaving it about four inches wide for Stickeen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in Alaska] Reference

After a few turns, he came up to the door again and there found a young gentleman, dressed in a long surtout, reading the notice; the stranger turned about as Ralph approached; his face was smooth-shaven, his eyes large and melancholy, his whimsical, sensitive mouth was upcurved at the corners, his waving chestnut hair was longer than was then the fashion, the soft felt hat was pulled down over his forehead as if to ward off the fog.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Best Short Stories of 1920 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference

Massive as a horse's, but delicately upcurved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

9-nerved, and with pectinate margins consisting of long, spreading, upcurved spines and at the top with subquadrate wings on each side reaching beyond the acute tip.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference

He growled and upcurved his long, flexible lip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Massive as a horse’s, but delicately upcurved.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]