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—gastrotrichan /gas tro"tri keuhn/, adj.

/gas"treuh trik/, n.

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.

[1935-40; < NL Gastrotricha, equiv. to gastro- GASTRO- + Gk -tricha neut. pl. of -trichos -haired, adj. deriv. of thríx hair]