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pl. [NL., & Gr. γαστηρ, stomach, + πτέρυξ (πτερυγ-), wing.] In ichth., an order of fishes, the same as Malacopterygii abdomina les. Goldfu , 1820. gasterosteid (gas-te-ros'tē-id), n. A fish of the family Gasterosteida; a stickleback. Gasterosteidæ (gas"te-ros-te'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Gasterosteus, including the largest fresh-water 2-spined species; Pygosteus, containing the many-spined species, with 6 to 10 spines; and Spinach i a, represented by a marine species, the longest and largest of the family, with 15 spines, known as the sea - stickleback, etc. See stickleback. gasterosteiform (gas-te-ros'te-i-form), a. [See Gasterosteiformes.] Having the characters of the Gasterosteida; pertaining to the Gasteros teiformes. Gasterosteiformes (gas-te-ros tē-i-fôr'mēz), n. pl . [NL., Gasterosteus + L. form a , shape.] In Günther's system of cla ification, the twelfth division of Acanthopterygii , having the spinous dorsal fin, if present, composed of sep- arate spines, and the ventral fins subabdominal in consequence of the prolongation of the pu- bic bones, which are attached to the humeral arch. Gast eros teinæ (gas-te-ros-tē-i'nē), n . pl . [NL., Gasterosteus + -inæ .] The typical subfam- ily of Gasterosteida , containing the 2-spined and 6-to 10-spined sticklebacks, with rounded snout, and the pelvic bones forming a triangu- lar area between the ventral fins. By some it is extended to include all the species of the family Gasterosteida . gaster osteoid (gas-te-ros'te-oid), a . and n. I. a . Pertaining to or having the characters of the Gasterosteida or Gasterosteoidea . II. n. A fish of the family Gasterosteidæ ; a gasterosteid or stickleback. Gasterosteoidea (gas-te-ros-te-oidē-a), n. pl. [NL., ly Gasterosteide, by ly, but by others restricted to the short species with pelvic bones forming a triangular plate, and two dorsal spines, as G. aculeatus: so called from the extension of the pubic bones along the ventral aspect of the fish, making the belly bony. See stickleback . gasterotheca (gas te-ro-the kä), n.; pl. gasterothecæ (-se). [NL., Gr. γαστήρ, stomach, + θήκη, case: see theca.] In entom., the abdomen case, or that part of the integument of a pupa which covers the abdomen. gasterothecal (gas te-ro-the kal), a. [As gas terotheca + -al. ] al. ] Sheathing or casing the abdomen, as the integument of a pupa. Gasterozoa, Gastrozoa (gas"te-rō-, gas-trōzō'ä), n. pl. [NL. (Ficinus and Carus, 1826), None but a perfectly gas - tight cartridge would answer with this [Snider] action. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 116. gastly, gastne . The earlier and more proper spellings of ghastly and ghastne . Gas torn is (gas-torn is), Pi [NL., about as large as an ostrich, and is believed to have been a ratite or struthious bird, though referred to the Ana tidæ by A. Milne-Edwards. The Diatryma gigantea of Cope, from the Eocene of New Mexico, is referred to the genus Gas torn is by Coues. G. minor and G. edwards i are other species recently discovered at Rheims in France. The additional material shows a remarkable character in the permanence of the cranial sutures, usually obliterated in adult birds. [NL.,