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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail [syn: half-moon, lunula, lunule]
2: a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. lunulae) 1 a crescent-shaped mark, esp. the white area at the base of the fingernail. 2 a crescent-shaped Bronze-Age ornament. Etymology: L, dimin. of luna moon

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lunula Lu"nu*la, n.; pl. Lunul[ae]. [L., prop., a little moon. See Lunule.] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Same as Lunule.