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Meaning of "tardigrade" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TARDIGRADE

Via Latin tardigradus, from tardus sluggish + gradī to walk.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TARDIGRADE

tardigrade  [ˈtɑːdɪˌɡreɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TARDIGRADE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tardigrade can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TARDIGRADE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Tardigrade

Tardigrades are water-dwelling, segmented micro-animals, with eight legs. They were first described by the German pastor Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773. The name Tardigrada was given three years later by the Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani. Since 1778, over 1,150 tardigrade species have been identified. Tardigrades are classified as extremophiles, organisms that can thrive in a physically or geochemically extreme condition that would be detrimental to most life on Earth. For example, tardigrades can withstand temperatures from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, pressures about six times greater than those found in the deepest ocean trenches, ionizing radiation at doses hundreds of times higher than the lethal dose for a human, and the vacuum of outer space. They can go without food or water for more than 10 years, drying out to the point where they are 3% or less water, only to rehydrate, forage, and reproduce. Usually, tardigrades are about 0.5 mm long when they are fully grown. They are short and plump with four pairs of legs, each with four to eight claws also known as "disks".

Definition of tardigrade in the English dictionary

The definition of tardigrade in the dictionary is any minute aquatic segmented eight-legged invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, related to the arthropods, occurring in soil, ditches, etc Popular name: water bear. Other definition of tardigrade is of, relating to, or belonging to the Tardigrada.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TARDIGRADE


anterograde
ˈæntərəʊˌɡreɪd
centigrade
ˈsɛntɪˌɡreɪd
cirrigrade
ˈsɪrɪˌɡreɪd
citigrade
ˈsɪtɪˌɡreɪd
digitigrade
ˈdɪdʒɪtɪˌɡreɪd
dorsigrade
ˈdɔːsɪˌɡreɪd
downgrade
ˈdaʊnˌɡreɪd
grade
ɡreɪd
laterigrade
ˈlætərɪˌɡreɪd
multigrade
ˈmʌltɪˌɡreɪd
orthograde
ˈɔːθəˌɡreɪd
paygrade
ˈpeɪˌɡreɪd
plantigrade
ˈplæntɪˌɡreɪd
posigrade
ˈpɒzɪˌɡreɪd
retrograde
ˈrɛtrəʊˌɡreɪd
saltigrade
ˈsæltɪˌɡreɪd
spinigrade
ˈspaɪnɪˌɡreɪd
subgrade
ˈsʌbˌɡreɪd
taligrade
ˈtælɪˌɡreɪd
unguligrade
ˈʌŋɡjʊlɪˌɡreɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TARDIGRADE

taraxacum
Taraz
Tarbes
tarboosh
tarbouche
tarbush
Tardenoisian
tardier
tardiest
tardily
tardiness
Tardis-like
tardive
tardo
tardy
tardy slip
tardyon
tare
Tarentum
targe

WORDS THAT END LIKE TARDIGRADE

at grade
Belgrade
biodegrade
degrade
first grade
first-grade
fourth grade
H grade
high-grade
low-grade
make the grade
misgrade
on the downgrade
on the upgrade
parade
prograde
regrade
reserve-grade
sixth grade
twelfth-grade
weapons-grade

Synonyms and antonyms of tardigrade in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tardigrade» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TARDIGRADE

Find out the translation of tardigrade to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tardigrade from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tardigrade» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缓步动物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tardígrado
570 millions of speakers

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tardigrade
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tardigrade
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

tardigrade
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тихоходок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tardigrade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tardigrade
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tardigrade
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tardigrade
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bärtierchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

緩歩動物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

tardigrade
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tardigrade
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tardigrade
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மெல்ல நகர்கிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिक्रमण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tardi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tardigradi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tardigrade
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тихоходок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tardigrade
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tardigrade
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tardigrade
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Tardigrade
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Tardigrade
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tardigrade

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TARDIGRADE»

The term «tardigrade» is normally little used and occupies the 116.145 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tardigrade

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARDIGRADE»

Discover the use of tardigrade in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tardigrade and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Tardigrade Hypsibius Dujardini as a New Model for ...
Tardigrades have a number of qualities that make them attractive laboratory organisms (small size, short generation time, ease of husbandry), but there have been very few studies of tardigrade development to date.
Willow Noelle Gabriel, 2007
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Biodiversity In Agricultural Production Systems
A. coronifer in an active state entered cryo- biosis with gradual cooling, and survived a low temperature of-196°C.39 Moreover, Rahm discovered in 1922 that the tardigrade R. oberhaeuseri could survive even when the temperature was ...
Gero Benckiser, Sylvia Schnell, 2006
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Reviving the Living: Meaning Making in Living Systems
Summary The tardigrade is a small microscopic creature that under environmental stress conditions undergoes cryptobiosis, a temporary metabolic depression, which is a third state between life and death. Cryptobiosis is an unexplained ...
Yair Neuman, 2011
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Meiobenthology: The Microscopic Motile Fauna of Aquatic ...
Similar to other meiobenthic groups, calcareous biogenic sands are populated by a highly diverse tardigrade fauna, often with particularly bizarre body appendages: 35 mostly new species were found in samples from the Faroe Bank (260 m ...
Olav Giere, 2008
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Table 5. Distribution of 14 water bear species among tardigrade-positive samples of heparics (Hep.), crustose, folióse, and fruticose lichens (Cr.L.. Fo.L.. Fr.L.). and mosses (Mos.); total positive samples (JO -577 Table 7 (opposite page).
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The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Death
Suppose that the tardigrade was alive at t1, that it became cryptobiotic and ceased to be alive at the later time t2, that (due to extrinsic factors) it became physically impossible for the tardigrade to live again at t, and that the tardigrade was badly ...
Ben Bradley, Fred Feldman, Jens Johansson, 2013
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Anoxia: Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological ...
Seventy percent of the Ra. varieornatus specimens survived after exposure to the simulated Martian environments, implying that tardigrade anhydrobiotes and other anhydrobiotic multicellular organisms can survive on Mars-like planets. 7.
Alexander Altenbach, Joan M. Bernhard, Joseph Seckbach, 2011
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Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment
Global. diversity. of. tardigrades. (Tardigrada). in. freshwater. Table 1 Number of freshwater tardigrade species found in biogeographic. DOI 10.1007/s10750-007- 9123-0 FRESHWATER James R. Garey Æ Sandra J. McInnes Æ P. Brent ...
E. V. Balian, C. Lévêque, H. Segers, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Adaptations in the Natural World
It is a curious creature called a tardigrade, otherwise known as the water bear. This animal has no problem in surviving the tough, near-perpetual winters when water is impossible to come by. The tardigrade is not a very big animal, such are  ...
Adam Simmons, 2009
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Dormancy and Resistance in Harsh Environments
8.1 The first drawing of a tardigrade, observed by J. A. E. Goeze and published in 1773 Abhandlungen aus der Insektologie.” Shortly afterwards, L. Spallanzani ( 1729–1799), an Italian biologist and physiologist, also described the tardigrades  ...
Esther Lubzens, Joan Cerda, Melody Clark, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARDIGRADE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tardigrade is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unity College Students Are Putting Biodiversity Loss and Global …
Just a microscopic invertebrate, tardigrades are death-defying organisms that sound like Sci-Fi fodder. “They're extremely hardy little creatures,” says Kyle ... «EcoWatch, Apr 15»
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Ever wondered which animals are the toughest?
Tardigrades have four pairs of legs with claws on the end. They have a ... If a tardigrade were a big as a horse, it would look like a creature from a horror movie! «Washington Post, Apr 15»
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In 'Life at the Limits,' Extreme Creatures at American Museum of …
There, hanging above you, is a simulacrum of a tardigrade, otherwise known as a water bear or moss piglet, at about 5,000 times larger than life-size. «New York Times, Apr 15»
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This tiny animal can survive basically anything, including the …
When we talk about 'extreme' animals, the tardigrade easily takes the cake: Also known as the water bear, the tardigrade is a microscopic critter (just 1.5 mm ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»
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Tardigrades return from the dead
The lack of pressure would force the air in your lungs to rush out. Gases dissolved in your body fluids would expand, pushing the skin apart and forcing it to ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
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Shapeways 3D Prints the Most Resilient Creature on Earth, the …
t3 Besides cute pictures of cats and dogs, there is no creature which has garnered the attention of the internet lately as much as the Tardigrade, known as the ... «3DPrint.com, Dec 14»
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International Space Station Finds Life In Space, But What The …
The international space station has found life in space, but the discovery of these “tardigrades” by cosmonauts has Russian scientists saying how they are both ... «The Inquisitr, Aug 14»
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Astronauts find living organisms clinging to the International Space …
Tardigrades, water-dwelling microscopic invertebrates, are known to be able to survive a host of harsh environments. They can survive extreme temperatures ... «ExtremeTech, Aug 14»
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New Species of Tardigrade Discovered in Antarctica
Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are tough as nails. They've been found all over the world from the peaks of mountains to the driest ... «Discover Magazine, Jun 14»
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Antarctic tardigrade species resembles prehistoric forebears
Polar biologists have discovered a new species of tardigrade, also known as "water bears" and "moss piglets", in a crater hollowed out by ancient glaciers in ... «Wired.co.uk, Jun 14»

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