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Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

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

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..

Lunular :: Lunular (a.) Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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..

Excrescential :: Excrescential (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence..

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

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

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

Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A small ornamental plate, usually crescent-shaped, and of gilded copper, formerly hung around the neck of officers in full uniform in some modern armies..

Crescent :: Crescent (n.) Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent..

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