crescentic

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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

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

These arms support tentacles on each side, and leave a gap between, so that the whole pattern is crescentic, or crescent-shaped, and not circular.

From Marvels of Pond-life A Year's Microscopic Recreations by Slack, Henry J.

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

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