ventricose
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ventricous
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Adjective (1)
- having a swelling on one side“the ventricose gullet of an insect”Synonyms: ventricousOpposite intrusiveSimilar protrusive
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Ven′tri·cose′, Ven′tri·cous adjective
Origin: NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.
Nat. Hist. Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla.
Ventricose shell. Zoology (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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54