What does "lunule" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "lunule"?

Common synonyms include: crescent, crescent, crescents, half moon, half-moon, lunula.

noun

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Noun

1
Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
2
the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail wordnet
3
An area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin lūnula, diminutive of lūna (“moon”).