Found 2 items, similar to ventricous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ventricous
ventricous
adj : having a swelling on one side;
“the ventricose gullet of an
insect” [syn:
ventricose]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ventricous
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. (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.
[1913 Webster]