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tardigrade

adj
/ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from tardigradus

Definitions

  1. Sluggish

    Sluggish; moving slowly.

    • Each tendril ending in a perfect claw, / Obeys the whole routine of Nature's law; / Transforms each sinus to a sylvan shade, / Though p'rhaps its force is rather tardigrade.
    • In sorrow, its voice is tardigrade but loud, dragging time at a snail's pace before our eyes.

  2. A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

  3. A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

The neighborhood

Derived

eutardigrade, tardigradologist

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA