lunate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lunate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lunate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lunate adj resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a), crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lunate \Lu"nate\, Lunated \Lu"nated\, a. [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.] Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate* leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. --Gray.