2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ventricose \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. [1913 Webster] {Ventricose shell}. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ventricous adj : having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect" [syn: {ventricose}]
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