Bands of nerve fibers

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn: fillet ] [also: lemnisci (pl)]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of lemniscus English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lemniscus \Lem*nis"cus\ (l[e^]m*n[i^]s"k[u^]s), n.; pl. Lemnisci (-s[imac]) n.[L. See Lemniscata .] (Zo["o]l.) One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.