'Venter' definitions:
Definition of 'venter'
(from WordNet)
noun
A speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
noun
The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach, belly]
noun
The womb; "`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived but not yet born'"
noun
A bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
Definition of 'Venter'
From: GCIDE
- Venter \Vent"er\, n. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.] --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Venter'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]