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demilunes

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noun

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The correct spelling is demilunes. A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.

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noun

  1. 1.A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.
  2. 2.A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

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