Ventricose

Ventricose , adjective

[New Latin ventricosus, from Latin venter belly.]

(Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla.

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Ventricose shell (Zoology) , (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.

Also: Ventricous