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lemniscus
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lemniscus has 1 sense
- lemniscus(n = noun.body) fillet - a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus; Array is a kind of afferent, afferent nerve, sensory nerve
CIDE DICTIONARY
lemniscus, n. [L. See Lemniscata.].
One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala. [1913 Webster]
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