crescentic
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In transverse section it is crescentic, since the septal wall bulges into its cavity.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
The shape was semilunar, crescentic or approximately that of the sector of a circle.
From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Cook, Sherburne F.
As the grey matter of the cord enters the medulla it loses its crescentic arrangement.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Intestine.—The mouth is anterior, terminal and crescentic, and beneath it is a rounded ventral shield.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Though it was still early twilight the wooden shutters were tightly closed, and had it not been for the light which streamed through their crescentic openings the house would have been deemed deserted.
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Madison, Lucy Foster
