Tardigrade

/ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/

Synonyms for "tardigrade" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
creepingmeasuredmicroscopic tardigrade

Strong matches (4)

Noun(3 words)
moss pigletphylum tardigrada relatedsloth
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
slow movingsluggishtardigrade relatedtardigrade specificwater bearwater bear related

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

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More general

8 entries
animalarthropodbiological termdescriptive adjectiveinvertebratemetazoanqualitative descriptorscientific term

More specific

7 entries
crawl ratecreeping movementglacial pacesnail pacetardigrade anatomytardigrade ecologytardigrade taxonomy

Collocations

10 entries
cryptobiosis toleranceeight-legged microanimaltardigrade anatomytardigrade biologytardigrade ecologytardigrade genometardigrade habitattardigrade resiliencetardigrade specieswater bear

Inflections

3 entries
more tardigrademost tardigradetardigrades

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I swear I saw a tardigrade waving to me!

Source: tatoeba (3527019)

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.

Source: wiktionary

He ran on into the piazza, but he quickly heard the tramp of feet behind him, for the other two prisoners had been released, and the soldiers were struggling and fighting their way after them, in such tardigrade fashion as their hoof-shaped shoes would allow—impeded, but not very resolutely attacked, by the people.

Source: wiktionary

In sorrow, its voice is tardigrade but loud, dragging time at a snail's pace before our eyes.

Source: wiktionary

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