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ventricose

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1. a. Alt. of Ventricous Source: opted
2. adj. having a swelling on one side Source: wordnet
3. 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. Source: webster
4. s having a swelling on one side Source: ecdict

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shell side swelling ventricous ventricular alt bellied bivalve body convex corolla middle rounded spiral strongly swollen unequally valves whorls

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ventrad ventral ventral fin ventral horn ventral placentation

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