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Lunate

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shaped like a crescent.

    "a lunate beak"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling the new moon in shape wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
  2. 2
    The lunate bone.

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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