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[syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"na*ted\, a. [L. lunatus
crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr.
luna the moon.]
Crescent-shaped; resembling the crescent moon; as, a lunate
leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray.
Syn: lunular, bicephalous, crescent(prenominal),
crescent-shaped.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lunate
adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a),
crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]