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Demilune   Listen
noun
Demilune  n.  
1.
(Fort.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
2.
(Physiol.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands. Note: Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.





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"Demilune" Quotes from Famous Books



... a bay—a beautiful large bay, with a demilune of soft green hills about it, overtopped by far blue mountains—and in the very farthest point of the bay a miniature village, in front of which many junks ...
— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn


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