crescentic
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In this the face is dark, but a white crescentic or triangular patch extends from the throat on either side upwards behind the eye.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
The œsophageal orifice is small, and guarded by a strong crescentic or horseshoe-like band of muscular fibres, supposed to be the cause of the difficulty of vomiting in the horse.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 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
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.
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
