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TARDIGRADA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
class Tardigrada; Tardigrada
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tardigrada" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Tardigrada"):
tardigrade (an arthropod of the division Tardigrada)
Holonyms ("Tardigrada" is a member of...):
Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)
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