lunule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
An area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

/ˈluː.njuːl/

lunule lunules

Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin lūnula, diminutive of lūna (“moon”). By surface analysis, luna + -ule.

lunar lunate

lunulet lunulite

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