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Webster 1913 Edition
Polygastric
Polˊy-gas′tric
(-trĭk)
, Adj.
[
Poly-
+ gastric
: cf. F. polygastrique
.] 1.
(Anat.)
Having several bellies; – applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
2.
(Zool.)
Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
[Obs.]
Polˊy-gas′tric
(pŏlˊĭ-găs′trĭk)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Polygastrica.
Definition 2024
polygastric
polygastric
English
Adjective
polygastric (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
- (zoology) Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
Noun
polygastric (plural polygastrics)
- (zoology) Any polygastric creature.
References
- polygastric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913