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Funiculi

Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord

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noun
  1. 1

    Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord

  2. 2

    A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta

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ventrolateral(anatomy) Both ventral and lateral
funicularnounA particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single pair of tracks, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
funiclenoun(botany) Synonym of funiculus.
canaliculinoun(anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants.
pediculinoun
funafutinounThe capital city of Tuvalu.
loculinounA little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
colliculinoun
fibulaenoun(anatomy) The smaller of the two bones in the lower leg.
fungonoun(baseball) A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
pulvillinounpads between the claws of an insect's foot
circulusnoun(zoology) (ichthyology) A concentric growth ring found on the scales of fish. This ring develops around the focus of the fish's scale.
coloninoun(historical) A sharecropping tenant farmer of the late Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages.
sacculinoun(obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
funicular railwaynounA cable railway on an incline; especially one which operates on two tracks (or with a passing loop), with a pair of vehicles counterbalancing each other.
plicaenounA fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
funningnounAmusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
functornoun(object-oriented programming) A function object.
circinate(botany) Of a leaf or similar part: coiled on itself from the apex toward the base.
pulvininoun(botany) A joint on a plant leaf or petiole that may swell and cause movement of the leaf or leaflet.

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