lunule

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula or lune.
2. A special area in front of the beak of many bivalve shells, sometimes shaped like a double crescent, but more often heart-shaped.

Sinonieme

lunula

half-moon

crescent

moon

🌔

Vertalings

lunula

Halbmond

ημισέληνος

μισοφέγγαρο

croissant

mezzaluna

Lúnula

medialuna

هلال

media luna

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French lunule, from Latin
lūnula, diminutive of lūna (“moon”).