Venter

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1. Noun

One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.

2. Noun

The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera.

3. Noun

The uterus, or womb.

4. Noun

A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.

5. Noun

The lower part of the abdomen in insects.

6. Noun

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.

7. Noun

the womb; "‘in venter’ is legal terminology for ‘conceived but not yet born’"
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8. Noun

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