Found 1 items, similar to medialuna.
English → English (gcide) Definition: medialuna Half-moon \Half"-moon`\ (-m[=oo]n`), n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. [1913 Webster] 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. [1913 Webster] See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]