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gas·traea (gas trēə)

noun

the hypothetical ancestral form of flatworms, structured like the gastrula stage in embryology

Etymology: ModL < Gr gastēr, stomach

Browse dictionary entries near gastraea

  1. gastr-
  2. Gasthaus
  3. gastero-
  4. gassy
  5. Gasset
  6. gasser
  7. gassed
  8. gasper
  9. Gaspé Peninsula
  10. gasp
  1. gastrectomy
  2. gastric
  3. gastric juice
  4. gastric ulcer
  5. gastrin
  6. gastritis
  7. gastro-
  8. gastrocnemius
  9. gastrocolic
  10. gastroderm