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adjectiveresembling the new moon in shape
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nounany shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarterstype of:
Definition that contains crescent
- banana elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
- galley (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars
- croissant very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
- sickle-cell anemia a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
- crescent-cell anaemia a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
- drepanocytic anemia a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
- lunula a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age
- oxbow lake a crescent-shaped lake (often temporary) that is formed when a meander of a river is cut off from the main channel
- almond cookie very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped
- sickle-cell disease a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape