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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TARDIGRADA

Tar `di *gra "da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Tardigrade, a.]

1. (Zoöl.)

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

2. (Zoöl.)

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

New American Oxford Dictionary

Tardigrada

Tar di gra da |tärˈdigrədə tɑrˈdɪɡrədə |Zoology a small phylum that comprises the water bears. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Latin tardigradus, from tardus ‘slow ’ + gradi ‘to walk. ’

Oxford Dictionary

Tardigrada

Tardigrada |ˌtɑːdɪˈgreɪdə | ▶plural noun Zoology a small phylum that comprises the water bears. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Latin tardigradus, from tardus ‘slow ’ + gradi ‘to walk ’.