acclinate

adj

1. (not-comparable)Having an upward slope.

   “Profile of bill oval; of upper mandible narrowly oval; culmen gently convex, declinate, tomial edge more convex, acclinate, meeting at an obtuse tip;”

   “However, surface I9 is interrupted by an acclinate Y cam surface 2 extending the length of the knife and into the path of the slug travel approximately .005, after which the normal clearance angle is resumed.”

   “5-fid, pilose, the middle segment larger, broader, and 3-toothed, the pubescence longer and acclinate above, the venation hispid beneath;”