"mushroom body" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mushroom bodies [plural]
Etymology: From mushroom + body, after German pilzhutförmiger Körper. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|de|pilzhutförmiger Körper}} German pilzhutförmiger Körper Head templates: {{en-noun}} mushroom body (plural mushroom bodies)
  1. (entomology) Either of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods thought to be involved in learning and memory. Wikipedia link: mushroom bodies Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Synonyms: corpora pedunculata

Inflected forms

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