Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work

Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » V » Ventricous

Ventricous

ventricous

swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. Ventricose shell.

(Science: zoology) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex.

Origin: NL. Ventricosus, fr. L. Venter belly.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 266 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link