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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 (a.) Shaped like a crescent.

Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) A crescent.

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Increscent :: Increscent (a.) Increasing; growing; augmenting; swelling; enlarging.

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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