mushroom body
Entomology
noun
Either of a pair of structures in the protocerebrum of the insect brain, each consisting of a cap of neuropil and a two- or three-lobed stalk, which are particularly well developed in social insects.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. After German pilzhutförmiger Körper.
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