Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conarium"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pineal \Pi"ne*al\, a. [L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus
of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pin['e]ale.]
Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone.

{Pineal gland} (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the
third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also
{pineal body}, {epiphysis}, {conarium}. In some animals it
is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal
eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant
of a dorsal median eye.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Conarium \Co*na"ri*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. kwna`rion.] (Anat.)
The pineal gland.


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