Defn: A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Note: Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.
DEMIMAN
Dem"i*man`, n.
Defn: A half man. [R.] Knolles.
DEMIMONDE
Dem`i*monde", n. Etym: [F.; demi + monde world, L. mundus.]
Defn: Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps. Literary demimonde, writers of the lowest kind.
DEMINATURED
Dem"i*na"tured, a.
Defn: Having half the nature of another. [R.] Shak.
DEMIQUAVER
Dem"i*qua`ver, n. (Mus.)
Defn: A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver. [R.]