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lunate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈluːneɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. Shaped like a crescent.
    • a lunate beak

Forms

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more lunate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most lunate Degree=Sup lexicographic

lunate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈluːneɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1777; borrowed from Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
  2. The lunate bone.

Forms

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lunates Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

capitate · hamate · trapezium · pisiform · triquetrum · scaphoid · trapezoid

Deriveds

scapholunate · bilunate · postlunate · lunate sigma · lunate bone · prelunate · lunately · sublunate · lunated · capitolunate · semilunate · radiolunate · perilunate