halfmoon

halfmoon has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated.
• n.. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent.
• n.. An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin.
• n.. A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna.