tardigrade
1Tardigrade — Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent[1] …
2tardigrade — [ tardigrad ] n. m. et adj. • 1615 « tortue »; rare av. XVIIIe; lat. tardigradus « qui marche lentement » I ♦ N. m. (1795) Zool. 1 ♦ Vx Les tardigrades. ⇒ édenté. 2 ♦ Mod. Petit acarien pourvu de quatre paires de pattes non articulées, qui vit… …
3Tardigrade — Tar di*grade, a. [L. tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade.] 1. Moving or stepping slowly; slow paced. [R.] G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada. [1913 Webster] …
4Tardigrade — Tar di*grade, n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Tardigrada. [1913 Webster] …
5tardigrade — tardigráde ž mn DEFINICIJA zool. životinje (Tardigrada) s osobinama kolutićavaca i člankonožaca, mogu preživjeti začahurene nekoliko godina; dugoživci ETIMOLOGIJA lat. tardigradus: spora koraka ≃ tardus: spor + gradus: korak, hod ≃ gradi: ići,… …
6tardigrade — [tär′di grād΄] n. [Fr < L tardigradus, slow paced: see TARDY & GRADE] any of a phylum (Tardigrada) of minute water animals with segmented bodies and four pairs of unsegmented legs, often regarded as primitive arthropods …
7Tardigrade — Tardigrada Tardigrades …
8tardigrade — (tar di gra d ) adj. Terme de zoologie. Qui marche avec lenteur. S. m. pl. Famille de mammifères onguiculés qui n ont point de dents incisives, et dont les doigts sont réunis jusqu aux ongles, ordinairement très allongés et crochus. Nom d… …
9tardigrade — /ˈtadəgreɪd/ (say tahduhgrayd) adjective 1. slow in pace or movement. 2. of or relating to the Tardigrada, a class or subclass of minute herbivorous arthropods, lacking well developed circulatory or respiratory systems. –noun 3. a tardigrade… …
10tardigrade — n. & adj. n. any minute freshwater animal of the phylum Tardigrada, having a short plump body and four pairs of short legs. Also called water bear. adj. of or relating to this phylum. Etymology: F tardigrade f. L tardigradus f. tardus slow +… …
