Found 2 items, similar to Half-moon.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: half-moon
half-moon
n 1: the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
[syn:
lunula,
lunule]
2: the time at which the moon is at first or last quarter when
half its face is illuminated
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Half-moon
Half-moon
\Half"-moon`\ (-m[=oo]n`), n.
1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears
illuminated.
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2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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See how in warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
--Milton.
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3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a
salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now
called a
ravelin.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California
(
C[ae]siosoma Californiense). The body is ovate,
blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also
medialuna.
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