FUNICULI

FUNICULUS

funiculus

(noun) any of several body structure resembling a cord

funicle, funiculus

(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

funiculi

plural of funiculus

Source: Wiktionary


FUNICULUS

Fu*nic"u*lus, n.; pl. Funiculi. Etym: [L., a little cord. See Funicle.]

1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. (b) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ACERVULUS

(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi


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