GASTROTRICH


Meaning of GASTROTRICH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈgas-trə-ˌtrik ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek gastr- + trich-, thrix hair — more at trich-

Date: 1940

: any of a phylum (Gastrotricha) of minute aquatic pseudocoelomate animals that usually have a spiny or scaly cuticle and cilia on the ventral surface

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