lunulatedadj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > crescent-shaped
hornedc1400
semilunar1598
crescent1603
moony1605
mooned1607
half-mooned1611
lunary1623
lunar1635
semilunary1638
lunated1673
lunulated1705
moon-shaped1709
semi-lunated1726
lunular1728
lunulate1760
sickle-shaped1764
crescent-shaped1776
lunate1777
moonified1795
crescented1818
crescentic1835
semilunate1841
crescentric1851
demilune1885
crescentoid1887
1705 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. 1704–05 (Royal Soc.) 24 1956 It's externally piped towards the Mouth, and above these lunulated.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Lunulated leaf, one in form of a crescent.
1772 Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 60 412 The throat..blackish,..but mixed with white lunulated spots.
1797 Encycl. Brit. III. 436/2 The antheræ are lunulated, or shaped like a crescent.
2. Marked with lunulæ or crescent-shaped spots.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > having crescent-shaped spots
lunulate1760
lunulateda1798
a1798 Tennant Journ. fr. London to I. of Wight (1801) II. 73 I saw here the lunulated Gilt-head and ancient Wrasse.
1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes (1859) II. 149 Lunulated Gilt~head.
1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. iv. 72 Melithreptus lunulatus, Lunulated Honey-eater.
1888 P. L. Sclater Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. XIV. 317 Whole body below lunulated with black.
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