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lunula::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | decoration, ornament, ornamentation |
Examples of lunula
lunula
The white moon shape area, the lunula, is where the nail grows from.
From the thestate.com
- Half-moon: the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
- A crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age
- The lunula, or lunulae (pl.) (little moon in Latin), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail. The lunula is the visible part of the nail matrix (i.e. the root of the nail).
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- Early Bronze Age assumed to be a neck ornament, crescent moon shaped, often gold and elaborately decorated.
- The arc at the bottom of a nail that is white.
- The half-moon-shaped whitish area at the proximal portion of a nail.
- N.f. lunule (of nails)
