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Definition of Gaster
1. v. t. To gast.
Definition of Gaster
1. Noun. the stomach ¹
2. Noun. the part of the abdomen behind the petiole in hymenopterous insects ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaster
1. the enlarged part of the abdomen in some insects [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gaster
1. Synonym: stomach. Origin: G. Gaster, belly (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaster
gast gasted gaster (current term) gasteromycete gasteromycetes gasteropod gasteropoda gasteropodous gasteropods gasters | gastfull gastight gastightness gastightnesses gasting gastness gastnesses |
Literary usage of Gaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. SBIR Program Diversity and Assessment Challenges: Report of a Symposium by Charles W. Wessner (2004)
"Robin gaster North Atlantic Research Dr. gaster said that he had come to this
... Dr. gaster said that as a researcher he felt "a magnetic attraction to ..."
2. Specimens of French Literature from Villon to Hugo by Saintsbury, George Saintsbury (1892)
"MESSER gaster. En icelluy jour Pantagruel descendit en une isle ... Le gouverneur
d'icelle estoit messere gaster, premier maistre és ars de ce monde. ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"Supplementary Memoir on the Genera Liriope and Pelto- . gaster, Rathke. By W.
LILLJEBORG. [Plates II. and III.] AMONGST his collections made on the coast of ..."
4. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"BY M. gaster, PH.D. (Read at Meeting of March i$th, 1899.) THE collection of
Rumanian popular charms, made by Marian, begins with the following :— AGAINST ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"Worker, a, profile; b. head from above; c, dorsal view of thorax, petiole and
first segment of gaster. Body opaque; mandibles, second and succeeding gastric ..."