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noun

Venter n. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. (R.)

Venter n.

(Anat.)

(a)

The belly; the abdomen; sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.

(b)

The uterus, or womb.

(c)

A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.

(Zool.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.

(Rom. & O. E. Law) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.

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Etymology of 'Venter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Venter" Quotes from Famous Books

... member of the gapperi group. Dorsal stripe wide, between Chestnut and Bay (capitalized color terms after Ridgway: Color Standards and Color Nomenclature. Washington, D. C., 1912), with slight mixture of black-tipped hairs; sides and venter heavily washed with Ochraceous-Tawny. Skull flattened; rostrum proportionately short and wide; auditory ...

— Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of North American Microtines • E. Raymond Hall

... middle yellow-haired. Back chestnut, above [hairs apically] grayish, below [hairs lower down] reddish, everywhere marbled with white. Tibiae, feet and the femoral patagium reddish marbled with white. Venter dusky-gray, with hairs at the apex and on the breast whitish, on the abdomen with tendency toward fulvous. White spot on humerus. Wings black; underneath the arm and the superior half of the wing yellow-haired. Above [on the upper side] ...

— A New Name for the Mexican Red Bat • E. Raymond Hall