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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Venter \Vent"er\, noun One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. [R.] --Barrow.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Venter \Vent"er\, noun [L.]
1. (Anat.) (a) The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera. (b) The uterus, or womb. (c) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
3. (Rom. & O. E. Law) A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different venters.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
venter
noun
1: a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
2: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis [syn: {abdomen}, {stomach}, {belly}]
3: the womb; "'in venter' is legal terminology for 'conceived but not yet born'"
4: a belly-like body part (as the belly of a muscle)
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