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LUNULE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lunule mean?
• LUNULE (noun)
The noun LUNULE has 1 sense:
1. the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
Familiarity information: LUNULE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("lunule" 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 ("lunule" is a part of...):
nail (horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits)
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