lunule

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
    — A healthy lunule is usually most prominent on the thumb and may be invisible on the pinky finger.
  2. An area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

词形变化

lunules plural

词汇关系

衍生词
lunulet lunulite
相关词
lunar lunate

词源

Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin lūnula, diminutive of lūna (“moon”). By surface analysis, luna + -ule.
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