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tardigrade Definition

tar·di·grade (tär′di grād′)

noun

any of a phylum (Tardigrada) of minute water animals with segmented bodies and four pairs of unsegmented legs, often regarded as primitive arthropods

Etymology: Fr < L tardigradus, slow-paced: see tardy & grade

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