lunate

Etymology

From Latin lūnātus (“crescent-shaped”), from lūna (“moon”).

adj

  1. Shaped like a crescent.
    a lunate beak

noun

  1. (archaeology) A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period
  2. (anatomy) The lunate bone

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