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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 anaemia a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
- drepanocytic anaemia a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape
- crescent roll very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll
- lunula the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
- new phase of the moon the time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
- actias luna large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing
- sickle-cell anemia a congenital form of anemia occurring mostly in blacks; characterized by abnormal blood cells having a crescent shape