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Scyllium ventricosum
Swell Swell, n. 1. The act of swelling. 2. Gradual increase. Specifically: (a) Increase or augmentation in bulk; protuberance. (b) Increase in height; elevation; rise. Little River affords navigation during a swell to within three miles of the Miami. --Jefferson. (c) Increase of force, intensity, or volume of sound. Music arose with its voluptuous swell. --Byron. (d) Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force. The swell and subsidence of his periods. --Landor. 3. A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells. 4. A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor. The swell Of the long waves that roll in yonder bay. --Tennyson. The gigantic swells and billows of the snow. --Hawthorne. 5. (Mus.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign. 6. A showy, dashing person; a dandy. [Slang] Ground swell. See under Ground. Organ swell (Mus.), a certain number of pipes inclosed in a box, the uncovering of which by means of a pedal produces increased sound. Swell shark (Zo["o]l.), a small shark (Scyllium ventricosum) of the west coast of North America, which takes in air when caught, and swells up like a swellfish.

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- Ensete ventricosum, commonly known as enset or ensete, Ethiopian banana, Abyssinian banana, pseudo-banana, false banana and wild banana, is a species...
- Cycnoches ventricosum is a species of orchid native to southern Mexico, Belize and Central America. James Bateman (1811-1897): "The Orchidaceae of Mexico...
- Aegilops ventricosa (syn. Gastropyrum ventricosum (Tausch) Á.Löve, Triti**** ventricosum (Tausch) Ces.) is a plant species in the family Poaceae. Magos...
- Gastridium ventricosum is a species of gr**** known by the common name nit-gr**** (British Isles) or nit gr**** (USA). This is an annual gr**** bearing a...
- Philodendron ventricosum is a species of plant in the family Araceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
- Ceroxylon ventricosum, also known as the Ecuadorian wax palm is a species of Ceroxylon from Colombia and Ecuador. "Ceroxylon ventricosum in Tropicos"....
- Leiobunum ventricosum is a species of harvestman in the family Sclerosomatidae. It is found in North America. "Leiobunum ventricosum Report". Integrated...
- banana family, Musaceae, and includes the false banana or enset (E. ventricosum), an economically important food crop in Ethiopia. The genus Ensete was...
- (Ensete glau****) and the economically important false banana (Ensete ventricosum) of Africa are sometimes included. Both genera are in the banana family...
- (1837–1843). The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala, pl. 40. "Cycnoches ventricosum Bateman". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved...