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What (who) is lunula - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lunulæ; Lunule; Lunulae; Lunula (disambiguation)
lunula
['lu:nj?l?]
(also lunule 'lu:nju:l)
¦ noun (plural lunulae -li:)
1. the white area at the base of a fingernail.
2. a crescent-shaped Bronze Age ornament.
Derivatives
lunular adjective
lunulate adjective
Origin
C16: from L., dimin. of luna 'moon'.
Lunula
·noun ·same·as Lunule.
Gold lunula
![Gold lunula from [[Blessington]], Ireland, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, c. 2400BC – 2000BC, Classical group](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blessington lunula.BM.WG.31 (cropped).jpg?width=200 "Gold lunula from [[Blessington]], Ireland, Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, c. 2400BC – 2000BC, Classical group")
![Germany]], Provincial, linear group.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goldlunula.jpg?width=200 "Germany]], Provincial, linear group.")
![Brittany]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lunule.JPG?width=200 "Brittany]]")
![Lusitanian silver lunula, [[Miranda do Corvo]] (Portugal)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lúnula lusitana de Chão de Lamas (M.A.N. 28589) 01.jpg?width=200 "Lusitanian silver lunula, [[Miranda do Corvo]] (Portugal)")
![Scotland]], 2300-2000 BC](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Museum of ScotlandDSCF6289.jpg?width=200 "Scotland]], 2300-2000 BC")
CRESCENT-MOON SHAPED LATE NEOLITHIC AND EARLY BRONZE AGE NECKLACE OR COLLAR
Gold lunulae
The Gold lunula (plural: lunulae) is a distinctive type of late Neolithic, Chalcolithic or (most often) early Bronze Age necklace or collar shaped like a crescent moon.The British Museum describe the (Irish) Blessington lunula (illustrated) as "Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age, 2400BC-2000BC (circa)", webpage They are normally flat and thin, with roundish spatulate terminals that are often twisted to 45 to 90 degrees from the plane of the body.
Wikipedia
Lunula
The word lunula means little moon and may also refer to:
- Lunula (amulet), a Roman amulet worn by girls, the equivalent of the bulla worn by boys
- Lunula (anatomy), the pale half-moon shape at the base of a fingernail
- Lunule (bivalve), a crescent-moon shaped area on the shells of some marine bivalves
- Two round brackets and the text between them
- Gold lunula, a specific kind of archaeological solid collar or necklace from the Bronze Age or later
- The openings in the test of a sand dollar
- Calophasia lunula, a species of moth
- Chaetodon lunula, a species of butterflyfish
Examples of use of lunula
1. Shane O‘Doherty was asked where in the body was the lunula.
2. However, he was invited back when a surgeon assured the show‘s producers the lunula was also part of the heart.