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gastrotriches

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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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