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Horn :: Horn (n.) The curving extremity of the wing of an army or of a squadron drawn up in a crescentlike form.

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

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

Horn :: Horn (n.) One of the curved ends of a crescent; esp., an extremity or cusp of the moon when crescent-shaped..

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..

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..

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

Accrescent :: Accrescent (a.) Growing larger after flowering.

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune..

Crescentic :: Crescentic (a.) Crescent-shaped.

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

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

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

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

Lunated :: Lunated (a.) Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross..

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A small or narrow crescent.

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.

Excrescent :: Excrescent (a.) Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.

Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To distribute and put in place; to arrange; to set in order; as, to dispose the ships in the form of a crescent..

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