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gastrotrichs

gastrotrichs is the plural of gastrotrich.

Meaning of gastrotrich

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

Questions about gastrotrichs

What is gastrotrichs the plural of?
Gastrotrichs is the plural of gastrotrich.

Words near gastrotrichs in the dictionary

  1. gastrotoxin
  2. gastrotoxins
  3. gastrotrich
  4. gastrotrichan
  5. gastrotrichans
  6. gastrotrichs
  7. gastrotropin
  8. gastrourinary
  9. gastrovascular
  10. gastrovascular cavities
  11. gastrovascular cavity

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