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LUNULA
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Irregular inflected form: lunulae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("lunula" is a kind of...):
decoration; ornament; ornamentation (something used to beautify)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lunula" is a kind of...):
area; region (a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve)
Holonyms ("lunula" is a part of...):
nail (horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits)
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