The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ventricous
Ventricose \Ven"tri*cose`\, Ventricous \Ven"tri*cous\, a. [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.) Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. Ventricose shell. (Zo["o]l.)
A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle.
A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex.
Wiktionary
ventricous
a. (alternative form of ventricose English)
WordNet
ventricous
adj. having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect" [syn: ventricose]