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Meaning of half moon

- The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
- The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
- An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
- A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.