gastrotrichs

gastrotrichs
n.; n. pl. [Gr. gaster, stomach; thrix, hair]
A phylum of aquatic micrometazoans that are oblong, strap-shaped to ovoid tenpin-shaped and bear locomotor cilia on the flattened venter.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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