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tardigrade¹

  • /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), equivalent to Latin tardus + -i- + -grade.

adjective more tardigrade · most tardigrade

  1. Sluggish; moving slowly. Each tendril ending in a perfect claw, / Obeys the whole routine of Nature's law; / Transforms each sinus to a sylvan shade, / Though p'rhaps its force is rather tardigrade.

tardigrade²

  • /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

Where it comes from

From translingual Tardigrada.

noun tardigrades

  1. A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

    Similar: water bear

  2. obsolete A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

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adj sluggish, moving slowly

Русскийме́дленный médlennyj

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@misc{tardigrade_2026,
  title = {tardigrade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tardigrade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}