Venter

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Venter \Vent"er\, n.
     One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.]
     --Barrow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Venter \Vent"er\, n. [L.]
     1. (Anat.)
        (a) The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any
            large cavity containing viscera.
        (b) The uterus, or womb.
        (c) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the
            venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface,
            of the scapula.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
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     3. (Rom. & O. E. Law) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a
        son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter;
        children by different venters.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  venter
       n 1: a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion
            or grievance
       2: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
          and the pelvis [syn: {abdomen}, {stomach}, {belly}]
       3: the womb; "`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived
          but not yet born'"
       4: a belly-like body part (as the belly of a muscle)

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  VENTER or VENTRE. Signifies literally the belly. In law it is used 
  figuratively for the wife: for example, a man has three children by the 
  first, and one by the second venter. 
       2. A child is said to be in ventre sa mere before it is born; while it 
  is a foetus.