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Lunule   Listen
noun
Lunule  n.  
1.
(Anat.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula; a lune.
2.
(Chem.) A lune. See Lune.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A small or narrow crescent.
(b)
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.






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"Lunule" Quotes from Famous Books



... bought, bending; deflection, deflexion^; inflection, inflexion^; concameration^; arcuation^, devexity^, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity^, recurvation^; sinuosity &c 248. kink. carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule^, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary^, festoon; conchoid^, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window. sine curve; spline, spline curve, spline function; obliquity &c 217. V. be curved, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Lunule" :   lunula, area



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