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lunular

American  
[loo-nyuh-ler] / ˈlu nyə lər /

adjective

  1. crescent-shaped.

    lunular markings.

Etymology

Origin of lunular

First recorded in 1560–70; lunul(a) + -ar 1

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And yet a lunular, in respect of the meeting of the shankes is both to the Systroides and Pelecoides heterogeneall: And therefore it is absolutely heterogeneall to it.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

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