'Ventricose' definitions:
Definition of 'ventricose'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect" [syn: ventricose, ventricous]
Definition of 'Ventricose'
From: 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]