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Examples
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From this we saluted the semi-lunar jowl of the moon.
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From this we saluted the semi-lunar jowl of the moon.
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We only remind you because we are prone to boughts of forgetfulness w/r/t semi-lunar scheduling.
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With determined desperation, Owens flashed the ship ahead for the tiny opening that marked the center of the crescent crack ( "semi-lunar" for that reason) that marked the closed valve.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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The ventricle was relaxing and the semi-lunar valve at the end of the pulmonary artery, somewhere in there, must be creaking shut.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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They're through the tricuspid and are following a curved path aiming at the semi-lunar valve.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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The semi-lunar valve was receding, still closed, with its fibers straining their points of attachments into suckers of tense tissue.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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Owens, and bear to the left, for the semi-lunar valve.
Fantastic Voyage Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1966
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At the margin of the opening from the rectum to the anal tube are five or six small crescent-shaped loops, semi-lunar valves, separated by vertical ridges (the anal columns).
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It is, perhaps, the first instance on record in modern times where these semi-lunar fardels have been looked upon with respect and curiosity.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 05, May, 1889 Various
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