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adj
Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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adjective satellite
resembling the new moon in shape
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, lunate
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English lunar English semilunar From semi- + lunar.
