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gastraea

gastraea noun: a hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals. Also the plural of gastraeum.

Noun

gastraea (plural gastraea)

  1. (obsolete) A hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals.

Also used as

gastraea is also the plural of gastraeum.

Forms of gastraea

pluralgastraea

Questions about gastraea

What does gastraea mean?
Gastraea means a hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals.
What part of speech is gastraea?
Gastraea is a noun.
What is the plural of gastraea?
The plural of gastraea is gastraea.

Words near gastraea in the dictionary

  1. gastornithid
  2. gastornithids
  3. gastornithiform
  4. Gastown
  5. gastr-
  6. gastraea
  7. gastraeum
  8. gastral
  9. gastralgia
  10. gastralgias
  11. gastralgic

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