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lunula
 
SYLLABICATION:lu·nu·la
PRONUNCIATION:  lny-l
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. lu·nu·lae (-l)
A small crescent-shaped structure or marking, especially the white area at the base of a fingernail that resembles a half-moon.
ETYMOLOGY:New Latin lnula, from Latin, crescent-shaped ornament, diminutive of lna, moon. See leuk- in Appendix I.
 
 
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