rete
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A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network.
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In these sharks, a strip of aerobic red muscle located near the center of the body generates the heat, which the body retains via a countercurrent exchange mechanism by a system of blood vessels called the rete mirabile ("miraculous net").
One of these adaptations is a " rete mirabile " (Latin for "wonderful net").