lu.nu.la also lunule n. [F., fr. L. lunula, dim. of luna moon.]

1: The crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail 2: Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark.

SerVaas, Cory, Ask Doctor Cory., Vol. 76, Child Life, 03-01-1997, pp 32(1).

“All healthy fingernails have white moons or half-moons, called lunulas, at the base.”

Wow… there is a word for everything…

That’s a pretty word… I want to name my Daughter Lunula. How many people would actually know what it meant anyway? Hehe.