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sickle moon

sickle moon noun: a crescent moon.

Noun

sickle moon (plural sickle moons)

  1. A crescent moon.
    • "A what?" "A sickle moon. It's shaped like a sickle, you know — a tool. There used to be one on the flag of the USSR."1999, Wendy Elks, Sickle Moon Ghost, page 37
    • The moon is the key. If there is a full moon or a very thin sickle moon, there will be a spring tide.1999, Barry Beck, Cathy Beck, Fly-Fishing the Flats, page 83

Forms of sickle moon

pluralsickle moons

Origin of sickle moon

From the resemblance to the agricultural tool.

Questions about sickle moon

What does sickle moon mean?
Sickle moon means a crescent moon.
What part of speech is sickle moon?
Sickle moon is a noun.
What is the plural of sickle moon?
The plural of sickle moon is sickle moons.

Words near sickle moon in the dictionary

  1. sickle cell
  2. sickle cell anaemia
  3. sickle cell trait
  4. sickle cells
  5. sickle medick
  6. sickle moon
  7. sickle moons
  8. sickle-billed vanga
  9. sickle-billed vangas
  10. sickle-cell anaemia
  11. sickle-cell anemia

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