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What is the noun for crescents?

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crescent
  1. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
  2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially:
    1. A curved pastry.
    2. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
  3. (Islam) A representation of the symbol used by Islamic caliphates (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. (New Zealand) A crescent spanner.
  5. (historical) Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.
  6. (heraldry) The emblem of the waxing Moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.
  7. A crescentspot butterfly.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Colonel Moultrie displayed in South Carolina, at the taking of Fort Johnston, a blue flag with a crescent in one corner.”
crescents
  1. plural of crescent
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On the crescents were rubies and garnets in diamond form and in round forms.”
      “Rounds, loops, and crescents, she recalled Elgeran speaking of them once or twice.”
      “The night was silent, all three moons were alive in the sky now and their glowing crescents cast an eerie glow across his face.”
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