Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
opsiblastic — adj. [Gr. opsios, late; blastos, bud] A delay in cleavage, and therefore a prolonged period before hatching; winter egg; see tachyblastic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
summer egg — A thin shelled, rapidly developing egg; tachyblastic; see winter egg … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gastrotrich — 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… … Universalium
