noun
in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx
• Syn: ↑class Tardigrada
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arthropoda, ↑phylum Arthropoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑tardigrade
Useful english dictionary. 2012.