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lu·nate L0290000 (lo͞o′nāt′) also lu·nat·ed (-nā′tĭd)adj. Shaped like a crescent.n. Archaeology A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
[Latin lūnātus, past participle of lūnāre, to bend like a crescent, from lūna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]lunate (ˈluːneɪt) adj (Anatomy) anatomy botany shaped like a crescentn (Anatomy) a crescent-shaped bone forming part of the wrist[C18: from Latin lūnātus crescent-shaped, from lūnāre, from lūna moon]lu•nate (ˈlu neɪt) also lu′nat•ed,
adj. shaped like a crescent. [1770–80; < Latin lūnātus. See Luna, -ate1] lu′nate•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | lunate - resembling the new moon in shapecrescent, crescent-shaped, semilunarrounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders" |
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lunate[′lü‚nāt] (biology) Crescent-shaped lunateenUK
lunate [loo´nāt] 1. moon-shaped or crescentic.2. the lunate bone; see anatomic Table of Bones in the Appendices.lu·nate (lū'nāt), [TA] 1. Synonym(s): lunar (2) 2. Relating to the lunate bone. lunate adjective Lunar, crescentic.
noun Lunate bone; os lunatum [[NA6]].lu·nate (lū'nāt) [TA] 1. Synonym(s): lunar (2) . 2. Relating to the lunate bone. lunateenUK
Related to lunate: hamate, triquetrumSynonyms for lunateadj resembling the new moon in shapeSynonyms- crescent
- crescent-shaped
- semilunar
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