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Ventricose

Ventricose Meaning & Definition
Ventricose Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ventricose?

[adj] (biology; anatomy) having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ventricose: protrusive | ventricous

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Ventricose In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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