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protogastric

protogastric adjective: that covers the gastric area of brachyuran crabs.

Adjective

protogastric (not comparable)

  1. That covers the gastric area of brachyuran crabs

Origin of protogastric

From proto- + gastric.

Questions about protogastric

What does protogastric mean?
Protogastric means that covers the gastric area of brachyuran crabs.
What part of speech is protogastric?
Protogastric is an adjective.

Words near protogastric in the dictionary

  1. protoform
  2. protoforms
  3. protogalactic
  4. protogalaxies
  5. protogalaxy
  6. protogastric
  7. protogen
  8. protogenal
  9. protogeneous
  10. protogenesis
  11. protogenetic

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