Lemniscus

·noun One of two oval bodies hanging from the interior walls of the body in the Acanthocephala.

lemniscus
lemniscus, i, m., = λημνίσκος. I A pendent (purple?) ribbon , fastened to a victor's crown, at first...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
lemniscus
lēmniscus ī, m , λημνίσκος, a pendent ribbon: turba coronas lemniscosque iacientium, i. e. crowns d...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary