water bear

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water bear

(Animals) another name for a tardigrade

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tar•di•grade

(ˈtɑr dɪˌgreɪd)

n.

1. any microscopic, chiefly herbivorous invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, living in water or on mosses, lichens, etc.

adj.

2. slow in pace or movement.

[1615–25; < Latin tardigradus slow-paced. See tardy, -grade]

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Bärtierchen

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