Definition of "ventriculus" [ven•tric•u•lus]

• A hollow digestive organ, especially the stomach of certain insects or the gizzard of a bird. (noun)
• The digestive cavity in the body of a sponge. (noun)

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• "Ne plus ingerat cavendum quam ventriculus ferre potest, semperque surgat a mensa non satur."
• "Qui cum voluptate assumuntur cibi, ventriculus avidius complectitur, expeditiusque concoquit, et quae displicent aversatur."
• "Resemblances also exist between the endospores and the spore-formations in the Saccharomycetes, and if _Bacillus inflatus_, _B. ventriculus_, &c., really form more than one spore in the cell, these analogies are strengthened."