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The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
Answer for the clue "The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail ", 6 letters:
lunula
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lunula \Lu"nu*la\, n.; pl. Lunul[ae] . [L., prop., a little moon. See Lunule .] (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Same as Lunule .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail [syn: half-moon , lunule ] a crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age [also: lunulae (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The lunula , or lunulae (pl.) (little moon in Latin ), is the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail or toenail . The lunula is the visible part of the root of the nail. In humans, it appears by week 14 of gestation , and has a primary ...
Usage examples of lunula.
They paused amid the trees while Sualtim removed the plain lunula he wore on other than ceremonial occasions.
King Ulad himself, in white and yellow and gold and wearing a lunula big as his head, bespoke the heroics, the genius, and the courage of the guests of honour.
Of course the druid wore a lunula, a moon-disk on a cord woven of gold wire about his neck.
His right hand was at his throat, fingers splayed out to touch, simultaneously, the lunula and sun-disk and mistletoe he wore.
He was gnawing, grinding his teeth on the hangnail, then the nail itself, the base of the nail, the pale arc of quarter moon, the lunula, and there was something awful and atavistic in the scene, Chin unborn, curled in a membranous sac, a scary little geek-headed humanoid, sucking his scalloped hands.
Most he saw were indeed ornate, worn only for dress occasions, and among them were those that wore gold lunulae or bore pendent sun-disks.