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A crescent-shaped metal ornament of the Bronze Age
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lunula
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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)]
Wikipedia
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A lunula (plural: lunulae ) was a crescent moon shaped pendant worn by girls, the equivalent of the boy's bulla , girls ideally wore them as an apotropaic amulet . In the popular belief the Romans wore amulets usually as a talisman , to protect themselves ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
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 .
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.