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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..

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..

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

Equicrescent :: Equicrescent (a.) Increasing by equal increments; as, an equicrescent variable..

Moon :: Moon (n.) A crescentlike outwork. See Half-moon.

Ringdove :: Ringdove (n.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat..

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; on the increase; -- said of the moon represented as the new moon, with the points turned toward the dexter side..

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

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

Half-moon :: Half-moon (n.) The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Increasing; growing.

Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent..

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

Crescent :: Crescent (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

Measles :: Measles (n.) A contagious febrile disorder commencing with catarrhal symptoms, and marked by the appearance on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola..

Moonwort :: Moonwort (n.) Any fern of the genus Botrychium, esp. B. Lunaria; -- so named from the crescent-shaped segments of its frond..

Tharos :: Tharos (n.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent..

Crescent :: 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..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge.

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

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