half-moons in English

noun
1
the moon when only half of its illuminated surface is visible from the earth; the first or last quarter.
It's lovely out here - the night is calm, the lake is black and still, illuminated by the bright half-moon , and the trees seem to glow.
noun

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1. Four half-moons of magnification were ground into each lens.

2. A glacis, a covered road and half-moons prolonged the fortifications on the landward side.

3. Agnolotti definition, a dish of small pasta shaped like half moons and usually filled with tortellini stuffing: boiled and served in broth or with a sauce

4. The Martian deserts principally consist of dunes in the form of half-moons in flat areas near the permanent polar ice caps in the north of the planet.