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semilunar

semilunar adjective: shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.

Adjective

semilunar (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.

Noun

semilunar (plural semilunars)

  1. The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.

semilunar meaning in Tamil and Bengali

semilunar in Tamil

அரைவட்டம்

semilunar in Bengali

অর্ধচন্দ্রের মতো আকৃতির, অর্ধচন্দ্রাকার, লুনেট হাড়, সেমিলুনার হাড়

Forms of semilunar

pluralsemilunars

Origin of semilunar

From semi- + lunar.

Words formed from semilunar

Phrases with semilunar

Questions about semilunar

What does semilunar mean?
Semilunar means shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
What is semilunar in Tamil?
Semilunar in Tamil is அரைவட்டம். See Semilunar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is semilunar?
Semilunar can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near semilunar in the dictionary

  1. semiloyal
  2. semiloyalty
  3. semilucent
  4. semilucid
  5. semilucidity
  6. semilunar
  7. semilunar bone
  8. semilunar bones
  9. semilunar ganglia
  10. semilunar ganglion
  11. semilunar notch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semilunar (page history and authors); semilunar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); semilunar (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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