lunate
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Etymology edit
From Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”).
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lunate (comparative more lunate, superlative most lunate)
- Shaped like a crescent.
- a lunate beak
Noun edit
lunate (plural lunates)
- (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period
- (anatomy) The lunate bone
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lunate
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lūnāte