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gastrotrich

gastrotrich noun: a microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.

Noun

gastrotrich (plural gastrotrichs)

  1. A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
    • In growing cultures most gastrotrichs produce only tachyblastic eggs.Ellsworth C. Dougherty, The Lower Metazoa (page 474)
    Synonyms:
    hairyback

Synonyms of gastrotrich

Forms of gastrotrich

pluralgastrotrichs

Questions about gastrotrich

What does gastrotrich mean?
Gastrotrich means a microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
What part of speech is gastrotrich?
Gastrotrich is a noun.
What is the plural of gastrotrich?
The plural of gastrotrich is gastrotrichs.

Words near gastrotrich in the dictionary

  1. gastrotourists
  2. gastrotoxic
  3. gastrotoxicity
  4. gastrotoxin
  5. gastrotoxins
  6. gastrotrich
  7. gastrotrichan
  8. gastrotrichans
  9. gastrotrichs
  10. gastrotropin
  11. gastrourinary

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