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TARDIGRADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arthropod of the division Tardigrada
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tardigrade" is a kind of...):
arthropod (invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin)
Meronyms (parts of "tardigrade"):
stylet (small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade)
Holonyms ("tardigrade" is a member of...):
class Tardigrada; Tardigrada (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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