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An arthropod of the division Tardigrada
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tardigrade
Word definitions for tardigrade in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tardigrades (; also known as water bears or moss piglets ) are water-dwelling, eight-legged, segmented micro-animals . They were first discovered by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773. The name Tardigrada (meaning "slow stepper") was ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tardigrade \Tar"di*grade\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Tardigrada.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. sluggish; moving slowly. Etymology 2 n. (context zoology English) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "slow-going, slow-moving," from French tardigrade (17c.), from Latin tardigradus "slow-paced," from tardus "slow" (see tardy ) + gradi "to walk, go, step" (see grade (n.)).
Usage examples of tardigrade.
Whereas a tardigrade alternating cryptobiotic and active periods might survive as long as sixty years.
It is difficult to conjecture what can attract so many creatures, animal and vegetablefeeding crustaceans, worms, tardigrades, and various larvae, to enter the bladders.