Pannicle

Origin

From Middle French pannicle, and its source, Late Latin panniculus ("membrane"), from Latin panniculus ("small rag"), from pannus ("cloth").

Full definition of pannicle

Noun

1. (anatomy, zoology) A membrane of tissue in the body of a human or animal.
2. (obsolete, medicine) A pannus.
3. (obsolete, rare) The skull.
• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.v:To him he turned, and with rigour fell
  Smote him so rudely on the Pannikell,
  That to the chin he cleft his head in twaine ....

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