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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx;
[syn: Tardigrada, class Tardigrada]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tardigrada \Tar`di*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL. See Tardigrade, a.] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Tardigrada n 1: in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx [syn: Tardigrada, class Tardigrada]