Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having or appearing to have many stomachs. as an animalcule; specifically, of or pertaining to the Polygastrica.
- n. A polygastric animalcule.
Wiktionary
- adj. anatomy Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
- adj. zoology Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
- n. zoology Any polygastric creature.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Anat.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
- adj. (Zoöl.), obsolete Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
- n. (Zoöl.) One of the Polygastrica.
Examples
“In the oceanic depths, far exceeding the height of our loftiest mountain chains, every stratum of water is animated with polygastric sea-worms, Cyclidiae and Ophrydinae.”
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
“African shore, contains the remains of eighteen species of silicious-shelled polygastric animalcules.”
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
“No mere organic cell, destined for ulterior changes in a living organization, has a mouth armed with teeth, or provided with long tentacula; I will not lay stress on the alimentary canal and appended stomachs, which many still regard as 'sub judice'; but the endowment of distinct organs of generation, for propagating their kind by fertile ova, raises the polygastric infusoria much above the mere organic cell. "-- pp. 25, 26.”
A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation'
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘polygastric’.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for polygastric.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.