Gastraea
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gastraea is a noun meaning (biology, obsolete) A hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals.
Meaning
(biology, obsolete) A hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals.
More Meanings
- plural of gastraeum
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include urmetazoan, gastrioceratid, archimollusc, paragastrioceratid, euarchontoglire, hypogastrurid.
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