physogastric

physogastric
physogastrism, physogastry, n.
/fuy'seuh gas"trik/, adj.
pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, esp. termite and ant queens.
[1910-15; PHYSO- + GASTRIC]

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