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Tardigrade
Tar′di-grade
,Adj.
[L.
tardigradus
; tardus
slow + gradi
to step: cf. F. tardigrade
.] 1.
Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.
[R.]
G. Eliot.
2.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
Tar′di-grade
,Noun.
(Zool.)
One of the Tardigrada.