venter
venter
American
[ven-ter]
/ ˈvɛn tər /
noun
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venters
plural
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Anatomy, Zoology.
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the abdomen or belly.
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a bellylike cavity or concavity.
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a bellylike protuberance.
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Law. the womb, or a wife or mother, as a source of offspring.
venter
1
British
/ ˈvɛntə /
noun
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anatomy zoology
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the belly or abdomen of vertebrates
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a protuberant structure or part, such as the belly of a muscle
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botany the swollen basal region of an archegonium, containing the developing ovum
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law the womb
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law conceived but not yet born
Venter
2
British
/ ˈvɛntə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of venter
First recorded in 1535–45, venter is from the Latin word venter belly, womb
Example Sentences
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At fertilization, the sperm swims down the neck to the venter and unites with the egg inside the archegonium.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The flanks, hands, and anterior part of the venter are lemon yellow; the feet, thighs, and posterior part of the venter are golden yellow.
From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by William E. Duellman
The venter is dark grayish brown with cream-colored flecks anteriorly and creamy gray posteriorly where the dark color is restricted to the midventral region and the lateral edges of ventrals and first dorsal scale-row.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman
The greatest concentrations are on the venter, in the groin, and on the thighs.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch
The juvenal pelage is uniformly dusky gray throughout except for the paler gray on the venter.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Robert L. Packard
Exxon’s algae work was done in conjunction with Synthetic Genomics, a company founded by Craig Venter, a pioneer in decoding the human genome, that later operated under the name Viridos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
It was Venter, during his first spell as director of rugby, who brought McCall into the Saracens set-up in 2009.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Those roles have become iconic, and yet first-time actor Venter runs circles around them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
Like Venter, Lamm promises that the vast resources of his investors can do what publicly funded science cannot, and that he is willing to go where government scientists fear to tread.
From Salon ● May 15, 2025
Met another brother of Tolllie's; regular reproduction; brought me to several new sick people; Mrs. Venter very, very ill.
From Woman's Endurance by A. D (August D.) Luckhoff
At worst, we have become a nation of venters, easily provoked and quick to condemn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2016
The venters are gray or white, and the vocal sac is nearly black in some species.
From A Taxonomic Revision of the Leptodactylid Frog Genus Syrrhophus Cope by John D. Lynch
Variation.—In life all individuals had creamy yellow venters and yellow flanks and anterior surfaces of thighs with brown or black spots and mottling.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman
Similar variation is known in D. melanolomus alternatus in Costa Rica, where some individuals have orange-red venters.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman
For this purpose it is, that the muscules of their venters are so thick and strong; and have several duplicatures, as the bases of those muscules, whereupon the stress of their motion lies.
From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by George Vasey
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