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To gast. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

Same as Gastropod.

Same as Gastropoda.

Same as Gastropodous.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the stomach with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity; the mesogastrium.

Same as Pulmonata.

A pretender or quack in theology. [R.] Burton.

g overcoats. Beaver rat (Zoöl.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania (Hydromys chrysogaster). -- Beaver skin, the furry skin of the beaver. -- Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.

The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).

A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.

One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]

e body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]

Of or pertaining to the mesogaster.

The mesogaster.

to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus. -- Salmon killer (Zoöl.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia. -- Salmon ladder, salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under Fish. -- Salmon peel, a young salmon. -- Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. Crabb. -…

The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore.

Any one of numerous species of small fishes of the genus Gasterosteus and allied genera. The back is armed with two or more sharp spines. They inhabit both salt and brackish water, and construct curious nests. Called also sticklebag, sharpling, and prickleback.

The loosely woven substance which lines the chambers within the gleba in certain Gasteromycetes.