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noun
One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fillet
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Broader terms: sensory nerve, afferent nerve, afferent
History
Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́skos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).
