Category:Ventricose

Ven"tri*cose`, ven"tri*cous, a. Etym: [nl. ventricosus, fr. L. venter Belly.] (nat. Hist.)

Defn: swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; As, a ventricose corolla. Ventricose shell. (zoöl.) (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.