1.
2.
[syn: abdomen, venter, stomach, belly]
3. the womb;
- Example: "`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived but not yet born'"
4. a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Venter \Vent"er\, n.
One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.]
--Barrow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Venter \Vent"er\, n. [L.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any
large cavity containing viscera.
(b) The uterus, or womb.
(c) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the
venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface,
of the scapula.
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2. (Zool.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
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3. (Rom. & O. E. Law) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a
son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter;
children by different venters.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
venter
n 1: a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion
or grievance
2: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and
the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach, belly]
3: the womb; "`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived
but not yet born'"
4: a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
VENTER or VENTRE. Signifies literally the belly. In law it is used
figuratively for the wife: for example, a man has three children by the
first, and one by the second venter.
2. A child is said to be in ventre sa mere before it is born; while it
is a foetus.