VENTRICULUS


Meaning of VENTRICULUS in English

/ven trik"yeuh leuhs/ , n. , pl. ventriculi /-luy'/ . Zool.

1. the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, esp. the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.

2. gizzard (def. 1).

[ 1685-95; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .