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  1. Tardigrada, class Tardigradanoun

    in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx

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  1. tardigrada

    Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ("little water bear"). In 1777, the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani named them Tardigrada (), which means "slow steppers".They have been found in diverse regions of Earth's biosphere – mountaintops, the deep sea, tropical rainforests, and the Antarctic. Tardigrades are among the most resilient animals known, with individual species able to survive extreme conditions – such as exposure to extreme temperatures, extreme pressures (both high and low), air deprivation, radiation, dehydration, and starvation – that would quickly kill most other known forms of life. Tardigrades have survived exposure to outer space. There are about 1,300 known species in the phylum Tardigrada, a part of the superphylum Ecdysozoa consisting of animals that grow by ecdysis such as arthropods and nematodes. The earliest known true members of the group are known from Cretaceous (145 to 66 million years ago) amber, found in North America, but are essentially modern forms, and therefore likely have a significantly earlier origin, as they diverged from their closest relatives in the Cambrian, over 500 million years ago. Tardigrades are usually about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long when fully grown. They are short and plump, with four pairs of legs, each ending in claws (usually four to eight) or suction disks. Tardigrades are prevalent in mosses and lichens and feed on plant cells, algae, and small invertebrates. When collected, they may be viewed under a low-power microscope, making them accessible to students and amateur scientists.

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  1. tardigrada

    Tardigrada, commonly known as water bears or moss piglets, is a phylum of small, water-dwelling micro-animals. They are noted for their ability to survive in extreme conditions, such as extreme temperatures, intense pressure, radiation, and even the vacuum of space. They can also enter a state of cryptobiosis, essentially shutting down their metabolic processes and appearing dead, only to revive later under more favorable conditions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tardigradaadjective

    a tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3

  2. Tardigradaadjective

    an order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tardigrada in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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    The numerical value of tardigrada in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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