Definition of Lunules. Meaning of Lunules. Synonyms of Lunules

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Definition of Lunules

Lunule
Lunule Lu"nule, n. [F., fr. L. lunula, dim. of luna moon.] 1. (Anat.) Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune. 2. (Chem.) A lune. See Lune. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small or narrow crescent. (b) A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells. It sometimes has the shape of a double crescent, but is oftener heart-shaped. See Illust. of Bivalve.

Meaning of Lunules from wikipedia

- A lunule (from the Latin meaning small moon or crescent moon) is an anatomical feature which is found in the exterior surface of the s**** of some species...
- The Pyx, also known as The Hooker Cult Murders and La Lunule (French: The Moon), is a 1973 Canadian horror film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Karen...
- forewings with a rather broad brownish median band, a discal line of blackish lunules. The space to the outer margin is brownish, containing a pale sinuous submarginal...
- Lunula (anatomy), the pale half-moon shape at the base of a fingernail Lunule (bivalve), a crescent-moon shaped area on the s**** of some marine bivalves...
- medial black line excurved round cell. A postmedial series of spots of lunules with two sinuous series of spots found beyond them, the inner series least...
- margins of both wings broadly black with white lunules as on the upperside; in the middle of each lunule a short white streak from the margin; cilia alternately...
- outer third of the hindwing except a subterminal series of ill-formed lunules, devoid of green scales; discal transverse bands on both forewing and hindwings...
- London: Thames & Hudson. p. 21. ISBN 9780500279984. "Under the Protection of Lunules". D&M Magazine, Europe. 2019. p. 19. "Gold lunula and discs from Cabeceiras...
- yellow and orange lunules, a brick red ocellus surmounted by an iridescent blue lunule in the anal angle and diffuse iridescent blue lunules in the submarginal...
- submarginal row of lunules, and then a marginal row of somewhat scutiform spots; between the discal band and submarginal lunules is a row of five round...