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gaster

American

[gas-ter] / ˈgæs tər /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of gaster

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

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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.

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

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