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Venter

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Noun

1. venter

a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance

2. abdomen, belly, stomach, venter

the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

3. venter

the womb

Example Sentences:
'in venter' is legal terminology for conceived but not yet born''

4. venter

a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Venter

see synonyms of venter
noun
1. anatomy, zoology
a. 
the belly or abdomen of vertebrates
b. 
a protuberant structure or part, such as the belly of a muscle
2. botany
the swollen basal region of an archegonium, containing the developing ovum
3. law
the womb
4.  in venter
noun
(John) Craig. born 1946, US biologist: founder of the Institute for Genomic Research (1992) whose work contributed greatly to the mapping of the human genome

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Venter

see synonyms of venter
noun
1.  Anatomy and Zoology
a. 
the belly, or abdomen
b. 
a protuberance like a belly, as on a muscle
c. 
a cavity or hollowed surface
2.  Law
the womb
used in designating maternal parentage, as in children of the first venter, meaning “children of the first wife”

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Venter

see synonyms of venter
n.
1. Zoology The belly or underside: a snake with a yellowish venter.
2. Botany The swollen lower portion of an archegonium containing the egg.
3. Law The womb of a woman identified as the mother of a child.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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