venter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
  2. noun the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
    stomach; abdomen; belly.
  3. noun the womb
    • `in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived but not yet born'
  4. noun a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)

WordNet

Vent"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes. R. Barrow.
Vent"er noun
Etymology
L.
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913