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venter

ven.ter \'vent-*r\ n [AF, fr. L, belly, womb; akin to OHG wanast paunch, L 
   vesica bladde]r 1: a wife or mother that is a source of offspring  2: a 
   protuberant and often hollow anatomical structure : as  2a: ABDOMEN  2b: 
   BELLY  2c: a broad shallow concavity esp. of a bone