rete mirabile
noun
rete mi·rab·i·le
-mə̇ˈrabəˌlē
plural retia mirabilia
-ˌmirəˈbilēə
: a small but dense network of blood vessels formed by the breaking up of a larger vessel into branches that usually reunite into one trunk and believed especially important as an oxygen-storing mechanism in aquatic mammals
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin, wonderful net
- traffic jam
- traffic lane
- traffic light
- traffic management
- traffic manager
- traffic pattern
- traffic sign
- traffic signal
- traffic ticket
- traffic unit
- traffic warden
- trafficabilities
- trafficability
- trafficable
- trafficator
- trafficators
- trafficked
- trafficked (in)
- trafficked in
- trafficker
- traffickers
- trafficking
- trafficking (in)
- trafficking in
- traffickings