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Webster 1913 Edition
Gastrotricha
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Gas-trot′ri-cha
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] belly + [GREEK], [GREEK], hair.]
(Zool.)
A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids.
Definition 2024
Gastrotricha
Gastrotricha
Translingual
Proper noun
Gastrotricha
- The gastrotrichs
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Spiralia): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum
Hyponyms
- (phylum): Chaetonotida, Macrodasyida - orders