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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..

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

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

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

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

Porbeagle :: Porbeagle (n.) A species of shark (Lamna cornubica), about eight feet long, having a pointed nose and a crescent-shaped tail; -- called also mackerel shark..

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

Pallah :: Pallah (n.) A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok..

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 Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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