TARDIGRADA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tardigrada mean? 

• TARDIGRADA (noun)
  The noun TARDIGRADA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TARDIGRADA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARDIGRADA (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Tardigrada; Tardigrada

Hypernyms ("Tardigrada" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Tardigrada"):

tardigrade (an arthropod of the division Tardigrada)

Holonyms ("Tardigrada" is a member of...):

Arthropoda; phylum Arthropoda (jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes)