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lunula

Postby Bailey » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:45 pm

lu·nu·la (lny-l)
n. pl. lu·nu·lae (-l)
A small crescent-shaped structure or marking, especially the white area at the base of a fingernail that resembles a half-moon.



[New Latin lnula, from Latin, crescent-shaped ornament, diminutive of lna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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Postby Perry » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:54 pm

especially the white area at the base of a fingernail that resembles a half-moon.
At last I know what this is called. But how do I work this into a conversation?
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Postby Palewriter » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:24 pm

especially the white area at the base of a fingernail that resembles a half-moon.
At last I know what this is called. But how do I work this into a conversation?
The interview candidate was so nervous, he chewed his fingernails all the way down to the lunulae.

Harder to find a rhyme.

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