VENTRICOUS

ventricose, ventricous

(adjective) having a swelling on one side; “the ventricose gullet of an insect”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

ventricous (comparative more ventricous, superlative most ventricous)

Alternative form of ventricose

Anagrams

• overtunics

Source: Wiktionary


Ven"tri*cose`, Ven"tri*cous, a. Etym: [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.)

Definition: Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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