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lunates

lunates is the plural of lunate.

Meaning of lunate

Noun

lunate (plural lunates)

  1. A small stone artifact, probably an arrowhead, with a blunt straight edge and a sharpened, crescent-shaped back, especially characteristic of the Mesolithic Period.
  2. The lunate bone.

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Questions about lunates

What is lunates the plural of?
Lunates is the plural of lunate.

Words near lunates in the dictionary

  1. lunate sigma
  2. lunate sigmas
  3. lunatectomy
  4. lunated
  5. lunately
  6. lunates
  7. lunatic
  8. lunatic asylum
  9. lunatic asylums
  10. lunatic fringe
  11. lunatic fringes

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