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adj
In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: architecture, furniture, lifestyle
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noun
A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture, government, military, politics, war
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noun
A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
Borrowed from French demi-lune.
