gasterocomIdæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. gastero com(a), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Palæont.: A family of Crinoideans, found in the Devonian rocks. găs-ter-o-my-çë-tēş, găs-ter-o-mỹ -çi, s. pl. [ Pref.gastero- (q. v.), and Gr. mukës (gen it. mukētos ) =a mushroom.] Bot.: An order of Fungals, called also Lycoperdacere (q. v.). The spores are generally quaternate on distinct sporophores, hymenium inclosed in a peridium. Lindley divides the order, which he calls also Lycoperdaceæ, into six sub-orders, (1) Podaxinew. (2) Hypogæi, (3) Phalloidei, (4) Tri chog as tres, (5) Myxo gas tres, and (6) Nidulariacei. găs-ter-ô-mỹ-çe-to us, a . [Mod. Lat. gastero mycetes (q. v.); Eng., ., suff. -ous .] Bot .: Of, belonging, or relating to the Gasteromycetes (q. v.). găs-ter-oph-11-ŭs, s. [Prefix gastero- (q. v.), and Gr. phileo to love; philos =loved; in poetry (but rarely) loving.] Entom.: A genus of two-winged insects, family Estride (Bot-flies). Gasterophilus equi , the larva of which at one stage of its career inhabits the stomach of the horse. The perfect insect lays its eggs on the skin of the animal, choosing situations which it can reach with its tongue when it licks itself. By this proce the eggs are transferred to the stomach. When the larva is mature it is excreted, and makes its final transformation in the earth or in dung. găs-ter-o-pod, s. [GASTEROPOD A.] One of the Gasteropod a.