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lemniscus.

One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

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Meaning & usage

noun/lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/
  1. One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

  2. A woollen fillet attached to the back of crowns, diadems, etc.

  3. A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin lēmniscus (“pendent ribbon”), from Ancient Greek λημνῐ́σκος (lēmnĭ́skos), from Λῆμνος (Lêmnos, “a Greek island Lemnos”) + -ίσκος (-ískos, “noun-forming diminutive suffix”).

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