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Definition of Lunule

1. Noun. The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail.

Definition of Lunule

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

Definition of Lunule

1. lunula [n -S] - See also: lunula

Medical Definition of Lunule

1. 1. Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune. 2. A lune. See Lune. 3. A small or narrow crescent. 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. Origin: F, fr. L. Lunula, dim. Of luna moon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lunule

Literary usage of Lunule

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"Hind wings hyaline, whitish-grey, with a dark hind margin ; dark nervures ; lunule more or less distinct, rarely absent. Female. ..."

2. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1897)
"By HD ROLLESTON, MD Two hearts are shown; in each of them one of the aortic valve segments has a small aneurysmal pouching of the lunule or that part of the ..."

3. An Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Bivalve Shells by Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley, William Wood (1856)
"anterior slope and lunule violet; with concentric lines which poV-- teriorly are lamellar, and elsewhere rounded and irregular; spines very long and distant ..."

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