Tardigrade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɑɹdɪˌɡɹeɪd/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tardigrade is an adjective meaning Sluggish; moving slowly.
Meaning
Sluggish; moving slowly.
More Meanings
- (zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
- (obsolete) A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).
Example Sentences
In sorrow, its voice is tardigrade but loud, dragging time at a snail's pace before our eyes.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- tardigrades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tardigradous, lazy, sluggish, sullen, sluggardly, tardy.
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