LUNULE

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

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

2.
n.

A lune. See Lune.

3.
n.

A small or narrow crescent.

4.
n.

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.

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