- The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears
illuminated. - The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. - An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient
angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin. - A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma
Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below.
Called also medialuna.
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