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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail;
[syn: half-moon, lunula, lunule]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lunule \Lu"nule\, n. [F., fr. L. lunula, dim. of luna moon.] 1. (Anat.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula; a lune. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) A lune. See Lune. [1913 Webster] 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. See Illust. of Bivalve. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lunule n 1: the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail [syn: half-moon, lunula, lunule]