"lemniscus" meaning in English

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        "One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala."
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        "(zoology) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala."
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        "A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers."
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        "(anatomy) A ribbon of fibers, especially of cerebral white nerve fibers."
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