GASTRAEA

Noun

gastraea (plural gastraea)

(biology, obsolete) A hypothetical animal form assumed by Ernst Haeckel as the ancestor of all metazoic animals.

Noun

gastraea

plural of gastraeum

Anagrams

• Arteagas

Source: Wiktionary


Gas*træ"a, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastræa theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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