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syncerebrum

syncerebrum noun: the supraesophageal glanglia or brain of many invertebrates.

Noun

syncerebrum (plural syncerebra)

  1. The supraesophageal glanglia or brain of many invertebrates.
    • We have then, probably, three types of syncerebra and two types of archicerebra among existing Crustacea.1883, F. V. Hayden, Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878...
    • The syncerebrum of the Tetradecapoda (Amphipoda and Isopoda), judging by Leydig's figures¹ and our own observations (from dissections made by Mr. J. S. Kingsley) on that of Idotæa and Serolis², is built on a different plan from that of the Decapoda.1883, Alpheus Spring Packard, A Monograph of North American Phyllopod Crustacea, page 404

Forms of syncerebrum

pluralsyncerebra

Origin of syncerebrum

From syn-, from Ancient Greek συν- (sun-, “together”) + Latin cerebrum (“brain”).

Questions about syncerebrum

What does syncerebrum mean?
Syncerebrum means the supraesophageal glanglia or brain of many invertebrates.
What part of speech is syncerebrum?
Syncerebrum is a noun.
What is the plural of syncerebrum?
The plural of syncerebrum is syncerebra.

Words near syncerebrum in the dictionary

  1. synced
  2. synced up
  3. syncelli
  4. syncellus
  5. syncerebra
  6. syncerebrum
  7. syncervical
  8. syncervicals
  9. synch
  10. synched
  11. syncheses

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