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metagastric, a. Zool.|mɛtəˈgæstrɪk|
[f. meta- + Gr. γαστήρ belly + -ic.]
Applied to portions of the carapace in brachyurous crustaceans situated towards the hinder part of the gastro-hepatic area.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vi. 343 The latter [gastric lobe area] is again subdivided into two epigastric lobes, two protogastric lobes, a median mesogastric lobe, two metagastric lobes, and two urogastric lobes. |