Tardigrade

[tɑ:digreid]

(noun.) an arthropod of the division Tardigrada.

Typed by Clyde--From WordNet

(a.) Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.

(n.) One of the Tardigrada.

Typed by Bernadine

adj. slow in pace; belonging to the Tar′digrada a group or suborder of mammals containing the two genera of sloth.—n. one of the Tardigrada.

Typist: Miguel