tardigrade

Meaning

Adj

Sluggish; moving slowly.

Noun

1. A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
2. (obsolete) A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

Synonyms

water bear

leaden

phlegmatic

Translations

tardigrade

Bärtierchen

Wasserbär

tardigrado

tardigrada

sehr langsam

tranig

tardígrad

tardigrades

tardigrada

oursons d’eau

ours aquatique

Bärtierchen ''n'' -s

بێ تاقهت

mústic

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

Etymology

From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”).