lemniscus

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

fillet

Translations

lemnisc

filete

lemnisco

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/

Etymology

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