tardigrade

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Definition

From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”).

Figure 182 represents the larva (Leptus) of the red garden mites; while a figure of the "water bear," or Tardigrade (Fig. — Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

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