gaster

 [gas-ter]  

gas·ter

   [gas-ter]
noun
(in ants, bees, wasps, and other hymenopterous insects) the part of the abdomen behind the petiole.
Origin:
1905–10; < Greek gastḗr paunch, belly
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Gaster is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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gaster gas·ter (gās'tər)
n.
The stomach.

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