Lunule

What do we mean by lunule?

A small crescent-shaped structure or marking, such as a depression near the hinge of a bivalve shell. noun

One of the perforations formed by the union of digitate processes of the test of certain thin forms of echinoids, as Rotula Augusti. noun

Something in the shape of a little moon or crescent. noun

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula; a lune. noun

A lune. See Lune. noun

A small or narrow crescent. noun

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. noun

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune. noun

A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped. noun

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

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.

A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

Words that are spelled similarly to lunule:
lunule, lunula, lucule, lunulae.

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Adjectives that are often used to describe lunule:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective lunule:
cordate, lanceolate, function, small, present.

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