conarium

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conarium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus
     of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin['e]ale.]
     Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.
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     Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the
        third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also
        pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it
        is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal
        eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant
        of a dorsal median eye.
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  Conarium \Co*na"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kwna`rion.] (Anat.)
     The pineal gland.
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