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lemniscus

/lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/

lemniscus noun: one of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

Noun

lemniscus (plural lemniscuses or lemnisci)

  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.

lemniscus meaning in Tamil

lemniscus in Tamil

சுருணை, நரம், நரம்புநாடா, பிழைக்கற்றை

Forms of lemniscus

plurallemniscuses
plurallemnisci

Origin of lemniscus

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

Words formed from lemniscus

Words that rhyme with lemniscus

Questions about lemniscus

What does lemniscus mean?
Lemniscus means one of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.
What is lemniscus in Tamil?
Lemniscus in Tamil is சுருணை, நரம், நரம்புநாடா. See Lemniscus meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lemniscus?
Lemniscus is a noun.
How do you pronounce lemniscus?
Lemniscus is pronounced /lɛmˈnɪ.skəs/.
What is the plural of lemniscus?
The plural of lemniscus is lemniscuses.

Words near lemniscus in the dictionary

  1. lemniscate of Gerono
  2. lemniscates
  3. lemniscates of Bernoulli
  4. lemniscatic
  5. lemnisci
  6. lemniscus
  7. lemniscuses
  8. lemnoblast
  9. lemnoblasts
  10. lemnoid
  11. lemnoids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lemniscus (page history and authors); lemniscus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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