tardigrade

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd Hyphenation: tar‧di‧grade === Etymology 1 === From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”). ==== Adjective ==== tardigrade (comparative more tardigrade, superlative most tardigrade) Sluggish; moving slowly. ===== Derived terms ===== tardigradous ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From translingual Tardigrada. ==== Noun ==== tardigrade (plural tardigrades) (zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada. Synonym: water bear (obsolete) A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada). ===== Hyponyms ===== macrobiotid ===== Translations ===== === References === “tardigrade”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tardigrade”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taʁ.di.ɡʁad/ === Noun === tardigrade m (plural tardigrades) tardigrade; water bear === Further reading === “tardigrade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === tardigrade f pl feminine plural of tardigrado === Anagrams === degradarti