halfmoon
an edible fish, Medialuna californiensis, found in southern California, having a slate-gray body.
Origin of halfmoon
1Words Nearby halfmoon
Other definitions for half-moon (2 of 3)
the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
the phase of the moon at this time.
something having the shape of a half-moon or crescent.
Origin of half-moon
2Other definitions for Half Moon (3 of 3)
the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
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How to use halfmoon in a sentence
Even slices of banana or half-moons of fresh apple will not turn this into a beautiful dish.
Scraggs won't git away from the dock here until after twelve o'clock, so we know he'll lie at halfmoon Bay all night.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneNaturally, this here riddance can be accomplished easier an' without police interference on the dock at halfmoon Bay.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneIt was past ten when the phaeton turned into halfmoon Street.
Aurora Floyd, Vol. III (of 3) | M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) BraddonThey broke into a smart gallop, and continued it up and down pine-toothed hills till they clattered into halfmoon Flat.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. Hankins
Their ponies took up the walking-trot of the cattle country side by side toward halfmoon Flat.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. Hankins
British Dictionary definitions for half-moon
the moon at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
the time at which a half-moon occurs
something shaped like a half-moon
(as modifier): half-moon spectacles
anatomy a nontechnical name for lunula
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