Tar"di*grade (?), a. [L. tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi to step: cf. F. tardigrade.]
1.
Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced.
[R.]
G. Eliot.
2. Zool.
Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
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Tar"di*grade, n. Zool.
One of the Tardigrada.
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