gem ell i parous (jemeliparus)

[L. ge mell us, twin, + parere, produce.] Producing twins. Bailey. [Rare.] gemellus (je-mel'us), n.; pl. gemelli (-1). [L., a twin, dim. of geminus, a twin, adj. born at the same time: see geminate, Gemini.] In an at., one of a pair of muscles arising from the ischium, and acce ory to the obturator intern us, with the tendon of which they are inserted into the great trochanter of the femur. In man the gemelli are superior and inferior; in some animals they are much more highly developed; in others there is a single gemellus; and in the monotremes they are wanting. gemel-ring (jem'el-ring), n. A double or triple ring-that is, one formed of two, three, or more circlets, so combined that they can be separated into as many parts as there are separate circlets: used as a keepsake. Also gimmal - ring. See gimbal.