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gas⋅tro⋅trich

  [gas-truh-trik]
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–noun
any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
Origin:
1935–40; < NL Gastrotricha, equiv. to gastro- gastro- + Gk -tricha neut. pl. of -trichos -haired, adj. deriv. of thríx hair

Related forms:
gas⋅trot⋅ri⋅chan  [gas-tro-tri-kuhn] , adjective
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gas·tro·trich   (gās'trə-trĭk)   
n.  Any of various minute aquatic animals of the phylum Gastrotricha, having a wormlike, ciliated body.

[From New Latin Gastrotricha, phylum name : gastro- + Greek -trikhos, -trichous.]
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gastrotrich

any of about 1,800 species of the class Gastrotricha, a group of microscopic aquatic invertebrates belonging to the phylum Aschelminthes. They occur in salt water and fresh water and also on sandy seashores.

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