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ventriculus

American

[ven-trik-yuh-luhs] / vɛnˈtrɪk yə ləs /

noun

Zoology.

the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
gizzard.

ventriculus British

/ vɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs /

noun

zoology
1. the midgut of an insect, where digestion takes place
2. the gizzard of a bird
another word for ventricle

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Inflected Forms

noun

ventriculi

plural

Etymology

Origin of ventriculus

From Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at ventricle

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Resemblances also exist between the endospores and the spore-formations in the Saccharomycetes, and if Bacillus inflatus, B. ventriculus, &c., really form more than one spore in the cell, these analogies are strengthened.

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