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Lunula

Noun

lu=nu=la

WORDNET DICTIONARY

lunula(n = noun.body) half-moon, lunule - the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail; Array

is a kind of area, region

is a part of nail

lunula(n = noun.artifact) Array - a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age; Array

Lunula, n. [L., prop., a little moon. See Lunule.].

Same as Lunule. [1913 Webster]

Lunula, n. (pl. lunulae)
1 a crescent-shaped mark, esp. the white area at the base of the fingernail.
2 a crescent-shaped Bronze-Age ornament.

Etymology

L, dimin. of luna moon

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