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Definition: sloth animalcules
Tardigrada
\Tar`di*gra"da\, n. pl. [NL. See
Tardigrade, a.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths.
They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on
the ground. See
Sloth, 3.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; -- called
also
bear animalcules,
sloth animalcules, and
water bears
.
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