Meaning

2 senses
  1. A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

    an arthropod of the division Tardigrada

  2. (obsolete)A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Water bears are also known as tardigrades.

  2. I swear I saw a tardigrade waving to me!

    ruКлянусь, я видел, как мне машет тихоходка! — Balamax

    deIch schwöre, ich hab gesehen, wie ein Bärtierchen mit zugewinkt hat! — Vortarulo

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  3. Why are tardigrades so cute?

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  4. Tardigrades are very tough animals.

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  5. Tardigrades are adorable.

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Origin

From translingual Tardigrada.

From translingual Tardigrada.

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Forms

plural: tardigrades
Singulartardigrade
Pluraltardigrades

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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