semilunateadj.
= lunate adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > crescent-shaped
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
1841 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 ix. 266 Operculum semilunate.
1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 402/2 Semilunate pancreatic glands.
1882–4 M. C. Cooke Brit. Fresh-water Algæ I. 47 Cells semilunate, with the cusps either expanded or curved inwards.
Derivatives
ˌsemi-ˈlunated adj.
ΘΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > crescent-shaped
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
1726 A. Monro Anat. Humane Bones 106 We remark on the occipital Bone a small Rising and semilunated Excavation of each Side.
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. i. 293 Avoset...Feet palmated; the webs deeply semilunated between each toe.
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