crescentic

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In the Birds the auricular and ventricular septa are complete; the right ventricle is thin-walled and crescentic in section, as in Man, and the musculi papillares are developed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

It consists of small, slightly elevated, round red spots which now and then coalesce into small patches, but never have the somewhat crescentic arrangement observed in the rash of measles.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles

The blow-hole is transverse, crescentic, with the horns of the crescent pointing forwards.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Selenodont, sē-lē′nō-dont, adj. having crescentic ridges on the crown, as molar teeth.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Two crescentic rows of ciliated papillae lie in the transverse plane on each side of the sense-organ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various