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Astraean
Astraean As*tr[ae]"an, a. [Gr. ? starry.] (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to the genus Astr[ae]a or the family Astr[ae]id[ae]. -- n. A coral of the family Astr[ae]id[ae]; a star coral.
Gastraea
Gastraea Gas*tr[ae]"a, n. [NL., from Gr. ?, ?, the stomach.] (Biol.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of their individual evolution pass through a two-layered structural stage, or gastrula form, must have descended. This idea constitutes the Gastr[ae]a theory of Haeckel. See Gastrula.

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- In ancient Gr**** religion and mythology, Astraea (/æˈstriːə/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀστραία, romanized: Astraía, lit. 'starry, star-like'), also spelled Astrea...
- Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & ****essment (ASTRAEA) is a project to develop unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to fly in civil...
- called Virgos or Virgoans. The sign is ****ociated with Astraea, a figure from Gr**** mythology. Astraea was the last immortal to abandon Earth at the end of...
- 5 Astraea (/æˈstriːə/) is an asteroid in the asteroid belt. This object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 385 million kilometres (2.5735 AU) with a...
- Astraea is a Gr**** goddess. Astraea may also refer to: Astraea (gastropod), a genus of sea snails Astraea (plant), a genus of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae...
- Hemisphere. Species Astraea aureomarginata - Paraguay Astraea cincta - Brazil Astraea comosa - Minas Gerais Astraea hauthalii - Paraguay Astraea jatropha - Rio...
- Navy have borne the name HMS Astraea, HMS Astree or HMS Astrea, after the figure of Astraea in Gr**** mythology: HMS Astraea (1739) was a storeship, formerly...
- Astraea Redux, written by John Dryden in 1660, is a royalist panegyric in which Dryden welcomes the new regime of King Charles II. It is a vivid emotional...
- distinctive symbol. She is often ****ociated with Astraea, the goddess of innocence and purity. Astraea is also one of her epithets, referring to her appearance...
- the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ster- "star", from *h₂eh₁s- "to burn". "Astraea" shares this same etymology.[relevant?][citation needed] According to Hesiod's...