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demilune


1. 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. <physiology> A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.

Origin: F. Demi-lune.

Source: Websters Dictionary