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vesica


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vesica  \Ve*si"ca\,  n.  [L.] 
  A  bladder. 
 
  {Vesica  piscis}.  [L.,  dish  bladder.]  (Eccl.  Art)  A  glory,  or 
  aureole,  of  oval  shape,  or  composed  of  two  arcs  of  circles 
  usually  represented  as  surrounding  a  divine  personage. 
  More  rarely,  an  oval  composed  of  two  arcs  not  representing 
  a  glory;  a  solid  oval,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  vesica 
  n  :  a  distensible  membranous  sac  (usually  containing  liquid  or 
  gas)  [syn:  {bladder}] 




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