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lunet

lunet noun: a little moon or satellite.

Noun

lunet (plural lunets)

  1. (obsolete) A little moon or satellite.
    • […] our predecessors; who could never have believed, that there were such lunets about some of the planets, as our late perspectives have descried […]1645, Joseph Hall, The Peace-Maker

Forms of lunet

plurallunets

Origin of lunet

See lunette.

Questions about lunet

What does lunet mean?
Lunet means a little moon or satellite.
What part of speech is lunet?
Lunet is a noun.
What is the plural of lunet?
The plural of lunet is lunets.

Words near lunet in the dictionary

  1. Lunenburg cure
  2. Lunenburg pudding
  3. Lunenburg puddings
  4. lunes
  5. lunes of Hippocrates
  6. lunet
  7. Luneta
  8. lunets
  9. Lunetta
  10. Lunettas
  11. lunette

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