venter
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At fertilization, the sperm swims down the neck to the venter and unites with the egg inside the archegonium.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
On the basis of this one subadult, it seems likely that reticulations on the venter develop with age.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
Body well haired by end of week; dorsum dark gray with brownish tint; venter whitish; tail bicolored in most, but not haired.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
The venter is dark grayish brown with cream-colored flecks anteriorly and creamy gray posteriorly where the dark color is restricted to the midventral region and the lateral edges of ventrals and first dorsal scale-row.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman
The venter is cream-color with a row of brown spots forming a midventral stripe.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman
At worst, we have become a nation of venters, easily provoked and quick to condemn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2016
Furthermore, the specimens from Michoacán have paler venters than do topotypic specimens.
From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by William E. Duellman
It venters, it enters, It seeks and it centers, It makes a'prentice free in spite Of his indentures.
From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Charles Mackay
Variation.—In life all individuals had creamy yellow venters and yellow flanks and anterior surfaces of thighs with brown or black spots and mottling.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman
Wal, milk-an'-water ain't a good cement," Sez he, "an' so you 'll find it in th' event; Ef reshness venters sunthin', shilly-shally Loses ez often wut's ten times the vally.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 by Various
