n, pl  -lae   :  a crescent-shaped body part: as  a  :  the whitish mark at the base of a fingernail - called also half-moon   b  :  the crescentic unattached border of a semilunar valve .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  lu·nule 
 
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