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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

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;
- 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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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.