metagastric

English

Etymology

meta- +‎ gastric

Adjective

metagastric (not comparable)

(zoology) Of or pertaining to the two posterior gastric lobes of the carapace of crabs.
metagastric area

metagastric lobe

metagastric region

References

“metagastric”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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