2 entries under this word

Tardigrade

Tär'di-grāde, n.

noun

(Zoöl.) One of the Tardigrada; as, (a.) A sloth, or animal of the sloth tribe. (b.) One of a family of minute arachnidans; — called also water-bear.

Tär'di-grāde or Tär'di-grā'dous, a.

adjective

[Fr. tardigrade, Lat. tardigradus, from tardus, slow, and gradi, to step.] Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. Browne.