lunatedadj.
/ˈluːneɪtᵻd/, /ˈljuːneɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈluˌneɪdᵻd/ Chiefly Natural History. Now rare.
= lunate adj.
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hornedc1400
semilunar1598
crescent1603
moony1605
mooned1607
half-mooned1611
lunary1623
lunar1635
semilunary1638
lunated1673
lunulated1705
moon-shaped1709
semi-lunated1726
lunular1728
lunulate1760
sickle-shaped1764
crescent-shaped1776
lunate1777
moonified1795
crescented1818
crescentic1835
semilunate1841
crescentric1851
demilune1885
crescentoid1887
1673 E. Browne Brief Acct. Trav. Hvngaria 82 A sort of Cross which our Heralds do not dream of, which is a Cross Lunated after this manner.
1706 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 25 2216 The Jugulum or lunated part of the Breast-bone.
1809 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. 454 The operator..made a lunated incision.
1854–5 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. V. 156/2 The sacro-iliac facet..is lunated in shape.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 411 The Amazons have the pelta, or lunated shield.
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