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ventricose


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ventricose  \Ven"tri*cose`\,  Ventricous  \Ven"tri*cous\,  a.  [NL. 
  ventricosus,  fr  L.  venter  belly.]  (Nat.  Hist.) 
  Swelling  out  on  one  side  or  unequally;  bellied;  ventricular; 
  as  a  ventricose  corolla. 
 
  {Ventricose  shell}.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  spiral  shell  having  the  body  whorls  rounded  or  swollen 
  in  the  middle. 
  b  A  bivalve  shell  in  which  the  valves  are  strongly  convex. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ventricose 
  adj  :  (biology;  anatomy)  having  a  swelling  on  one  side  "the 
  ventricose  gullet  of  an  insect"  [syn:  {ventricous}] 




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