ventricous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective ventricous has 1 sense

ventricous(s = adj.all) ventricose - having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ventricous, a. [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.].

Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. [1913 Webster]

Ventricose shell. (Zoöl.) (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.