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lunulate, a. Nat. Hist.|ˈl(j)uːnjʊleɪt|
[a. mod.L. lūnulāt-us: see lunula and -ate2.]
= lunulated.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. v. (1765) 178 Lunulate, Moon-shaped; when they are round, and hollowed at the Base, and the Lower Part has Angles. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1818) II. 407 Another cavity of a lunulate shape. 1847Hardy in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 253 The fifth [segment] with a deep lunulate impression. 1848J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. 57 A lunulate mark of white on either side of the neck. 1852Dana Crust. i. 200 Crest entire, lunulate, sublateral. 1866in Gray 1st Less. Bot. Gloss.
So lunuˈlation, a lunular or lunulate spot.
1888P. L. Sclater Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. XIV. 318 Well-marked black lunulations on the breast [etc.]. |