Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various microscopic marine and freshwater aquatic animals of the phylum Gastrotricha, having a long thin ciliated body.
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- noun A
microscopic aquatic animal of thephylum Gastrotricha , with a worm-like body andcilia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The animal with the shortest known life span is the gastrotrich (a minute aquatic animal) - It lives its whole life time in just three days!
Animal Life Spans 2008
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Hey its not the mayfly its the gastrotrich (its an aquatic animal) that lives for only three days ... the longest is the tortoise (177 years) ... pls can anyone tell a SI unit named after a women scientist?????? plzzz? what is the name of the condition in which haemoglobin content gets decreased? en Español
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Chaetonotus - Chaetonotus is the largest freshwater gastrotrich and can be found in plant-choked ditches and mossy ponds.
unknown title 2009
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Chaetonotus - Chaetonotus is the largest freshwater gastrotrich and can be found in plant-choked ditches and mossy ponds.
unknown title 2009
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