mushroom body
mushroom body · mushroom bodies
Either of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods…Either of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods thought to be involved in learning and memory.
Meaning
1 sensesEither of a pair of structures in the brains of insects and some other arthropods thought to be involved in learning and memory.
Origin
From mushroom + body, after German pilzhutförmiger Körper.From mushroom + body, after German pilzhutförmiger Körper.
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Forms
plural: mushroom bodies| Singular | mushroom body |
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Synonyms
1 synonymscorpora pedunculata
See also
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