gastrotrich

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gastrotrich (plural gastrotrichs)

  1. A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
    Synonym: hairyback
    • Ellsworth C. Dougherty, The Lower Metazoa (page 474)
      In growing cultures most gastrotrichs produce only tachyblastic eggs.