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lunulae

Variant of lunula

noun pl. lunulae

any structure or marking in the shape of a crescent, as the whitish half-moon at the base of a fingernail

also lunule

Origin: ModL < L, dim. of luna, the moon: see light

Related Forms:

lunular adjective

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