gastrotrich

English

Noun

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.