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tardigrades

tardigrades is the plural of tardigrade.

Meaning of tardigrade

Noun

tardigrade (plural tardigrades)

  1. A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
    Synonyms:
    water bear
  2. (obsolete) A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

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Questions about tardigrades

What is tardigrades the plural of?
Tardigrades is the plural of tardigrade.

Words near tardigrades in the dictionary

  1. Tardif
  2. Tardiff
  3. Tardiffs
  4. Tardifs
  5. tardigrade
  6. tardigrades
  7. tardigradologist
  8. tardigradologists
  9. tardigradous
  10. tardily
  11. tardiness

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