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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having or appearing to have many stomachs. as an animalcule; specifically, of or pertaining to the Polygastrica.
  • noun A polygastric animalcule.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
  • adjective (Zoöl.), obsolete Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
  • noun (Zoöl.) One of the Polygastrica.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective anatomy Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.
  • adjective zoology Pertaining to the Polygastrica.
  • noun zoology Any polygastric creature.

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