lemniscus

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lemniscus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lemniscus \Lem*nis"cus\ (l[e^]m*n[i^]s"k[u^]s), n.; pl.
     Lemnisci (-s[imac]) n.[L. See Lemniscata.] (Zool.)
     One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the
     body in the Acanthocephala.
     [1913 Webster]

lemniscus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lemniscus
      n 1: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus
           [syn: lemniscus, fillet]