Australian English Meaning of tardigrada

Water bears

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Definitions and Meaning of tardigrada in English

Wordnet

tardigrada (n)

in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx

Webster

tardigrada (a.)

A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.

An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.

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Water bears

in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of

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tardation => tardiness, tarchanoff phenomenon => Tarchanoff phenomenon, tarboosh => Tarboosh, tarbogan => toboggan, tarbell => Tarbell,