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from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology and anatomy: Bellying; resembling a belly; swelled up or out; distended; ventricose.
- In conchology, having the whorls or the valves of the shell swollen or strongly convex. See cuts under Dolium, Turbo, bivalve, and Pectinidæ.
- In botany, same as
ventricose .
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- adjective Alternative form of
ventricose .
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- adjective having a swelling on one side
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