gastrotrich

Noun

 * 1) A microscopic aquatic animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with a worm-like body and cilia.
 * 2) * Ellsworth C. Dougherty, The Lower Metazoa (page 474)
 * In growing cultures most gastrotrichs produce only tachyblastic eggs.
 * In growing cultures most gastrotrichs produce only tachyblastic eggs.