Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lissencephala

Lissencephala (lis`sen*sef"ȧ*lȧ) , noun, plural

[New Latin, from Greek lisso`s smooth + 'egke`falos the brain.]

(Zoology) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc.