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Lunule

noun

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

Etymology

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

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