gemellus

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noun In anatomy, one of a pair of muscles arising from the ischium, and accessory to the obturator internus, with the tendon of which they are inserted into the great trochanter of the femur.

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In England the gymel, or cantus gemellus (twin song), flourished at an even earlier date.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
Such rings were known as Gemel or Gimmal rings, the word being derived from the Latin _gemellus_, twins.

Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places Being Papers on Art, in Relation to Archaeology, Painting, Art-Decoration, and Art-Manufacture 1840
search=between&searchmode=none germ. *twi-na- in ahd. zwinal, zwenel `gemellus', zwiniling m., mhd. zwiniln n.

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