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lunule


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lunule  \Lu"nule\,  n.  [F.,  fr  L.  lunula,  dim.  of  luna  moon.] 
  1.  (Anat.)  Anything  crescent-shaped;  a  crescent-shaped  part 
  or  mark;  a  lunula,  a  lune. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  A  lune.  See  {Lune}. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  small  or  narrow  crescent. 
  b  A  special  area  in  front  of  the  beak  of  many  bivalve 
  shells.  It  sometimes  has  the  shape  of  a  double 
  crescent,  but  is  oftener  heart-shaped.  See  Illust.  of 
  {Bivalve}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lunule 
  n  :  the  crescent-shaped  area  at  the  base  of  the  human  fingernail 
  [syn:  {half-moon},  {lunula}] 




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