Definition of venter
1 : a wife or mother that is a source of offspring
2 [borrowed from New Latin, going back to Latin] : a protuberant and often hollow anatomical structure: such asa : the undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropodb : the swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which an egg develops
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Origin and Etymology of venter
borrowed from Anglo-French ventre “belly, womb, mother,” going back to Latin ventr-, venter “belly, womb, bulge”; perhaps, if going back to *wet-ri- or *wed-ri- (with nasal of uncertain origin), akin to Latin uterus “womb,” Sanskrit udara- — more at uterus
First Known Use: 1544
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