| NOUN | animal | Tardigrada, class Tardigrada | in some classifications considered a separate phylum |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonym | class Tardigrada | |
| Member of | Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda | jointed-foot invertebrates |
| Members | tardigrade | An arthropod of the division Tardigrada |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Spanish | tardígrados | |
| Catalan | Tardigrada | |
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