ventricoseadj.
/ˈvɛntrᵻkəʊs/, U.S. /ˈvɛntrəˌkoʊs/, /ˈvɛntrəˌkoʊz/ 1. Swelling out in the middle, or on one side, after the manner of an animal's belly; bellied, protuberant, strongly convex.in combination.1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 25 Shell oblong, ventricose-cylindrical.
a. Botany (esp. of the corolla or calyx).
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > protuberance or lump > [adjective] > protuberant or swollen
proud1597
ventriose1725
ventricose1751
torulous1752
torose1760
torulose1806
ventricous1828
papillary1874
1751 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. II. 153 There is no pericarpium, but the calix becomes more ventricose, and contains a single seed.
1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 185 In Comfrey and Cerinthe the corol is ventricose.
1821 W. P. C. Barton Flora N. Amer. (new ed.) I. 13 Capsule setigerous.., included in the ventricose calix.
1841 Florist's Jrnl. (1846) 2 243 The flowers are white and ventricose.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) App. 310 Outer Glumes [of wheat] nearly equal,..ventricose.
b. Conchology. (Usually of the body of the shell.)
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 123 M[urex] Carinatus with five or six spires, the body ventricose.
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 79 Shell rounded, ventricose, golden red.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 70 Cranchia... Body large, ventricose.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 110 Whirls ventricose.
1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea 155 Their ventricose or parallel-sided form.
c. Zoology or Anatomy.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [adjective] > rounded projection
nodous1646
tuberous1650
papillar1651
verrucous1656
capitate1661
clavate1661
papillary1667
warty1693
tuberculated1696
papillous1718
tubercular1719
clavated1728
tuberculous1732
mammillated1744
tubercled1746
papillose1752
torulous1752
tuberculose1752
tuberculate1777
tubercle-like1792
mastoid1800
tuberculiferous1802
ventricose1804
torulose1806
papillated?a1808
tuberculiform1817
bullated1822
nodulous1822
tuberiform1822
nodulated1824
papilliform1824
mammular1826
papilliferous1826
nodulose1828
knuckled1842
mamelonated1843
tuberculoid1853
papillate1857
mammilloid1859
tuberculosquamous1866
bosselated1873
papulate1876
bulbar1878
tubero-cystic1879
mammulose1889
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > having a protuberance > swelling in middle or on one side
ventricose1804
1804 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. V. ii. 394 Ventricose Sucker... Olivaceous Sucker, with ventricose abdomen.
1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Golden-eye The ventricose part consists of the same cartilaginous rings as the rest of the windpipe.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 533 The ventricose and short-bodied species of Cephalopoda.
1841 E. Newman Familiar Introd. Hist. Insects iii. iii. 185 The gullet..is ventricose or ventricosus when it dilates into a large bag or crop before its union with the stomach.
2. Of persons: Big-bellied; having an unusually or abnormally large abdomen.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [adjective] > types of
great-wombedc1325
wombedc1325
big-bellied?c1475
gorbellieda1529
tunnisha1529
bellieda1533
gorbelly1532
tun-bellied1551
out-bellied1570
paunch-bellied1586
paunchyc1586
big-bellied1592
round-bellied1606
gutty1607
tun-gutted1607
ventripotent1611
swag-bellieda1616
tun-grown1628
bottle-bellied1646
pot-bellied1647
belly-mountained1654
pauncheda1657
sag-bellied1665
barrel-bellied1694
ventricous1702
poke pudding1705
paunch-gutted1726
pot-gutted1731
paunchfula1763
pottle-bellied1777
tunnified1806
tun-likea1813
shad-bellied1832
ventricose1843
bow-windowed1849
bloated-bellied1871
barrel-stomached1884
stomachy1888
well-stomached1896
jelly-bellied1899
narrow-gutted1903
pus-gutted1915
great-stomached1944
1843 F. E. Paget Warden of Berkingholt 266 The Reverend Rory O'Flannigan rose like the full moon..when first she peeps from behind the hill, rubicund, coppery, ventricose.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxv. 248 Ending with the ventricose little Accommodah.
1876 W. Roberts Urinary & Renal Dis. (ed. 3) iii. viii. 485 A little boy, who had been ventricose from birth.
Derivatives
ventriˈcoseness n.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [noun] > convexity
gibbosity1547
convexity1605
convexness1738
ventricoseness1840
ventricosity1868
1840 J. E. Gray Turton's Man. Land & Fresh-water Shells (rev. ed.) 213 [The shell] varies greatly in size, ventricoseness, and colour.
ventriˈcosity n.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [noun] > convexity
gibbosity1547
convexity1605
convexness1738
ventricoseness1840
ventricosity1868
1868 Proc. Zool. Soc. May 374 The greater ventricosity of form..of M[elo] georginæ.
1909 J. W. Jenkinson Exper. Embryol. 71 The ‘ventricosity’ (ratio of breadth to length) of the shell of the Periwinkle.
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