lunula

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• (Gr. [Greek: koilae], a hollow) or _angulus lunularis_, biconcave. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1
• Friends brought presents, especially neck-bands in the form of a half-moon (_lunulae_), and the golden balls (_bullae_) which were worn as a charm round the neck until the attainment of manhood. The Religion of Ancient Rome
• Durham's inclusion of a nonlunulate, Iheringiella, in the family also meant that Labille's and Mortensen's most conspicuous diagnostic character, the anal lunule, no longer formed part of the diagnosis.
• Above: A Lunula Butterfly is just one of the many inhabitants in Paul's 250 gallon tank.
• When the weapon is outside of the spheroid, its system is limited in its search to a lunular segment of a sphere.
• Instead, the safe held cosmetics and an envelope with a Bronze Age gold necklace in the shape of a crescent moon known as a lunula and two gold discs. The Money Times
• The phalanges preternaturally straight, the knuckles pale and taut, the lunulae fastidiously cleared of cuticle, as perfect in their crescents as any moon over Arabia. Kalooki Nights
• Near the root of the nail, the papillæ are smaller, less vascular, and have no regular arrangement, and here the tissue of the nail is not firmly adherent to the connective-tissue stratum but only in contact with it; hence this portion is of a whiter color, and is called the lunula on account of its shape. X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 2. The Common Integument
• Below the umbones, the shell margin is folded inward forming a deep lunula and gaping between both valves.
• • The lunula: The whitish, half-moon shape at the base of your nail underneath the plate. You Being Beautiful