Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vesica"

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) 1.7 (wn)

vesica
n : a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or
gas) [syn: {bladder}]

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