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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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