Demilune

Dem"i*lune`

(?), n. [F. demi- lune.] 1. (Fort.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
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2. (Physiol.) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
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Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.
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