I swear I saw a tardigrade waving to me!
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Tardigrade
//ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd//
Synonyms for "tardigrade" (14 found)
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Related words (7)
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- դանդաղաշարժ adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
- դանդաղկոտ adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
Finnish
2 entries- hidasliikkeinen adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
- jähmeä adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
Latin
1 entries- lentus adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
Polish
2 entries- niemrawy adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
- powolny adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
Russian
1 entries- ме́дленный adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
Swedish
2 entries- långsam adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
- trög adj (sluggish, moving slowly)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
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.
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