ventral
adjective
of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
subventral
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a word derived from
ventral.
Example Sentences
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Slender, tapering behind, with subventral cloacal orifice; thin cuticle without papillae; flattened spicules; no gills.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
Resembles C. grahami, but with fewer and more slender pubescent spines, longer and less rigid central, more exserted fruit, and much larger reddish and strongly pitted seeds with subventral hilum.
From North American Species of Cactus by Coulter, John Merle
