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half-moon
(-mo̵̅o̅n′)
noun
- the moon in its first or last quarter phase
- anything shaped like a half-moon or crescent
See half-moon in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The moon when only half its disk is illuminated.
- Something, such as the lunula of a fingernail, that is shaped like a crescent.
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