Water-bear Definition

noun

(zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

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Noun

Singular:
water-bear
Plural:
water-bears

Origin of Water-bear

  • Calque of the German Wasserbär, used to describe these animals by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773.

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