Lemniscus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lemniscus
       n : a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn:
            {fillet}]
       [also: {lemnisci} (pl)]