Found 2 items, similar to Pons asinorum.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pons asinorum
pons asinorum
n : a problem that severely tests the ability of an
inexperienced person
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pons asinorum
Pons \Pons\, n.; pl. Pontes. [L., a bridge.] (Anat.)
A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others,
but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of
nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla
oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of
the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain.
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Pons asinorum. [L., literally, bridge of asses.] See
Asses' bridge, under Ass.
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