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venter

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Venter \Vent"er\, n.
   One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.]
   --Barrow.

Venter \Vent"er\, n. [L.]
   1. (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.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.

   3. (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.

Source : WordNet®

venter
     n 1: a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion
          or grievance
     2: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
        and the pelvis [syn: {abdomen}, {stomach}, {belly}]
     3: the womb; "`in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived
        but not yet born'"
     4: a belly-like body part (as the belly of a muscle)
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