gaster

American  

[gas-ter] / ˈgæs tər /

noun

1. (in ants, bees, wasps, and other hymenopterous insects) the part of the abdomen behind the petiole.

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Etymology

Origin of gaster

First recorded in 1905–10, gaster is from the Greek word gastḗr paunch, belly

Example Sentences

Gastromycetes is from two Greek words: gaster, stomach; mycetes, fungus.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

ANOTHER: If none can furnish to my gaster wherewith to make a pint of chyle, I shall retire to my tent--like Achilles!

From Cyrano De Bergerac by Guillemard, Mary F.