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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas);
[syn: bladder, vesica]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vesica \Ve*si"ca\, n. [L.] A bladder. [1913 Webster] Vesica piscis. [L., fish 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vesica n 1: a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) [syn: bladder, vesica]