funiculus
Americannoun
plural
funiculi-
Anatomy. a conducting cord, as a nerve cord or umbilical cord.
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Botany. a funicle.
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Entomology. (in certain insects) the portion of the antenna between the basal segments and the club.
noun
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anatomy a cordlike part or structure, esp a small bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord
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a variant of funicle
plural
funiculi-
A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta (the ovary wall). In some plants, the funiculus develops into a fleshy seed covering called an aril.
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A slender, cordlike strand or band, especially a bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.
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Any of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord.
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The umbilical cord.
Etymology
Origin of funiculus
1655–65; < Latin: small rope, cord, equivalent to fūni ( s ) rope, line + -culus -cule 1
Example Sentences
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Statoblast An internal bud arising from the funiculus, containing food-material in its cells, covered with a horny coat and capable of lying dormant in unfavourable conditions.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The ovaries and testes are borne on the endocyst, not in connection with the funiculus.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
The adnate portion of the funiculus, which appears as a ridge or cord extending from the hilum to the chalaza, and which distinguishes this kind of ovule, is called the Rhaphe.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
In Flustra the young polypide-bud becomes connected with the 'brown body' by a funiculus.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
There is a single funiculus, which connects the posterior end of the stomach with the base of the zoœcium.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
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