lunulet

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lunule +‎ -et

Noun[edit]

lunulet (plural lunulets)

  1. (zoology) A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent.
    the lunulet on the wings of many insects

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lunulet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)