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demilune

[dem-i-loon]

dem·i·lune

[dem-i-loon]
noun
1.
a crescent.
2.
Fortification. an outwork resembling a bastion with a crescent-shaped gorge.
3.
a crescent or half-moon shape, as of the top of a piece of furniture.
adjective
4.
shaped like a crescent.

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Demilune is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1720–30; < French: half moon. See demi-, lune1
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demilune (ˈdɛmɪˌluːn, -ˌljuːn)
 
n
1.  fortifications an outwork in front of a fort, shaped like a crescent moon
2.  a crescent-shaped object or formation; half-moon
 
[C18: from French, literally: half-moon]

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demilune dem·i·lune (děm'ē-l&oomacr;n')
n.
A small body shaped like a half-moon or crescent, such as one of the crescent-shaped cells surrounding certain mucous glands.

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