Definitions for: Ventricose

[adj] (biology; anatomy) having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ven"tri*cose`, Ventricous Ven"tri*cous, a. [NL.
ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.)
Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular;
as, a ventricose corolla.

Ventricose shell. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.

Synonyms: protrusive, ventricous

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