c[ae]siosoma californiense

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c[ae]siosoma californiense - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Half-moon \Half"-moon`\ (-m[=oo]n`), n.
     1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears
        illuminated.
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     2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
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              See how in warlike muster they appear,
              In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a
        salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now
        called a ravelin.
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     4. (Zool.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California
        (C[ae]siosoma Californiense). The body is ovate,
        blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also
        medialuna.
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