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

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..

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..

Crescentwise :: Crescentwise (adv.) In the form of a crescent; 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..

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

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

Decrescent :: Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.

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

Lunule :: Lunule (n.) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve..

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

Crescent :: Crescent (v. t.) To adorn with crescents.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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