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Lunula

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Noun

1. half-moon, lunula, lunule

the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail

2. lunula

a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lunula

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noun plural -nulae (-njʊˌliː) or -nules

the white crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail

. Nontechnical name: half-moon

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Lunula

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nounWord forms: plural ˈlunuˌlae (ˈlunjuˌli ; lo̅oˈnyo̅olēˌ; ˈlunjəˌli ; lo̅oˈnyəlēˌ)

any structure or marking in the shape of a crescent, as the whitish half-moon at the base of a fingernail

: also ˈlunule (ˈluˌnjul ; lo̅oˈnyo̅olˌ)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lunula

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n. pl. lu·nu·lae (-lē′)

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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