Lunula

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small crescent-shaped structure or marking, especially the white area at the base of a fingernail that resembles a half-moon.
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  • n. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Same as lunule.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something which is shaped like a little moon or narrow crescent; a lunule or lunulet.
  • n. Specifically— The free crescentic edge and adjoining thin part of a semilunar valve of the heart.
  • n. The small white semilunar mark at the base of the human fingernails.
  • n. A crescentic impression on some bivalve shells; a lunule.
  • n. A small semicircular or crescentic spot of color; a lunulet.
  • n. [capitalized] A generic name given by Hitchcock to ichnolites of uncertain character.
  • n. In mathematics, a lune.
  • n. In entomology, a small depression on the frons of a dipterous insect.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age
  • n. the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decoration    ornament    ornamentation    region    area   
    Cross Reference
    lunula hippocratis   
    Variant
    lunulae    lunule   
    Form
    lunulate    lunular   
    Same Context
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    inaniter    suspendit    esigliati    nomini    segua   
     
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