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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. resembling the new moon in shape;
[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]