Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bear-animalcule. See
Macrobiotidæ. Arctisca , and Tardigrada.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) Any species of Tardigrada, 2. See
Illust. oftardigrada .
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- noun zoology A member of the
animal phylum Tardigrada .
Etymologies
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Calque of the German Wasserbär, used to describe these animals by Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773.
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a.k.a. tardigrade. It walks like a bear, and is soon to be the first quantum creature.
November 23, 2009