lunulated, a.
(ˈl(j)uːnjʊleɪtɪd)
[f. as prec. + -ed.]
† 1. Crescent-shaped. (Cf. lunular a.) Obs.
| 1705 Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXV. 1956 It's externally piped towards the Mouth, and above these lunulated. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Lunulated leaf, one in form of a crescent. 1772 Forster in Phil. Trans. LX. 412 The throat..blackish,..but mixed with white lunulated spots. 1797 Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) III. 436/2 The antheræ are lunulated, or shaped like a crescent. |
2. Marked with lunulæ or crescent-shaped spots.
| a 1798 Tennant Journ. fr. Lond. to I. of Wight (1801) II. 73, I saw here the lunulated Gilt-head and ancient Wrasse. 1836 Yarrell Brit. Fishes (1859) II. 149 Lunulated Gilt⁓head. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. iv. 72 Melithreptus lunulatus, Lunulated Honey-eater. 1888 P. L. Sclater Catal. Birds Brit. Mus. XIV. 317 Whole body below lunulated with black. |