crucigaster

== Latin == === Etymology === From crux (“cross”) + gaster (“belly”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [krʊ.kɪˈɡas.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kru.t͡ʃiˈɡas.ter] === Noun === crucigaster f (genitive crucigasteris or crucigastrī); variously declined, third declension, second declension (New Latin) crossed belly ==== Usage notes ==== Used exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus normally in the nominative singular; other inflections may be theoretical or rarely found. ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension noun or second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).