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Tardigrada   Listen
noun
Tardigrada  n. pl.  
1.
(Zool.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
2.
(Zool.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.





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"Tardigrada" Quotes from Famous Books



... an example of this feature of Pacuvius's style. In the Antiopa, Amphion gives a description of the tortoise: "Quadrupes tardigrada agrestis humilis aspera Capite brevi cervice anguina aspectu truci Eviscerata inanima, cum artimali sono." To which his hearers reply —"Ita saeptuosa dictione abs te datur, Quod coniectura sapiens aegre contulit. Non intelligimus nisi si ...
— A History of Roman Literature - From the Earliest Period to the Death of Marcus Aurelius • Charles Thomas Cruttwell


Words linked to "Tardigrada" :   class Tardigrada, phylum Arthropoda, tardigrade, Arthropoda


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