Meaning Of The Word Tardigrade

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tardigrade in American English
any of a phylum (Tardigrada) of minute water animals with segmented bodies and four pairs of unsegmented legs, often regarded as primitive arthropods
adjective: belonging or pertaining to the phylum Tardigrada
noun: any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water, on mosses, lichens, etc.

tardigrade in British English
noun: any minute aquatic segmented eight-legged invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, related to the arthropods, occurring in soil, ditches, etc

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