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Definition of crescent

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Crescent (n.) Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Rene of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services..

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Thunderbird :: Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher..

Bicornous :: Bicornous (a.) Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants..

Decrescent :: Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon..

Moonseed :: Moonseed (n.) A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.

Lunulet :: Lunulet (n.) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects..

Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

Lunulated :: Lunulated (a.) Resembling a small crescent.

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A crescent-shaped, colored patch on the neck of a bird or mammal..

Phaeton :: Phaeton (n.) A handsome American butterfly (Euphydryas, / Melitaea, Phaeton). The upper side of the wings is black, with orange-red spots and marginal crescents, and several rows of cream-colored spots; -- called also Baltimore..

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing; increasing.

Supercretaceous :: Supercrescent (a.) Growing on some other growing thing.

Moony :: Moony (a.) Furnished with a moon; bearing a crescent.

Lune :: Lune (n.) A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana..

Falcated :: Falcated (a.) Hooked or bent like a sickle; as, a falcate leaf; a falcate claw; -- said also of the moon, or a planet, when horned or crescent-formed..

Horning :: Horning (n.) Appearance of the moon when increasing, or in the form of a crescent..

Bicrescentic :: Bicrescentic (a.) Having the form of a double crescent.