"tardigrade" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tardigrade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more tardigrade [comparative], most tardigrade [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tardigradus||slowly stepping}} Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), {{m|la|tardus||slow}} tardus (“slow”), {{m|la|gradior||step, walk}} gradior (“step, walk”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} tardigrade (comparative more tardigrade, superlative most tardigrade)
  1. Sluggish; moving slowly. Derived forms: tardigradous Translations (sluggish, moving slowly): դանդաղկոտ (dandaġkot) (Armenian), դանդաղաշարժ (dandaġašarž) (Armenian), hidasliikkeinen (Finnish), jähmeä (Finnish), lentus (Latin), niemrawy (Polish), powolny (Polish), ме́дленный (médlennyj) (Russian), trög (Swedish), långsam (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tardigrade-en-adj-3P2M6YjK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tardigrade.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tardigrades [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From translingual Tardigrada. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mul|Tardigrada}} translingual Tardigrada Head templates: {{en-noun}} tardigrade (plural tardigrades)
  1. (zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Animals Synonyms: water bear
    Sense id: en-tardigrade-en-noun-OB7K~b-k Disambiguation of Animals: 14 64 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 43 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 65 17 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).
    Sense id: en-tardigrade-en-noun-BfOnpTQb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: macrobiotid
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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