class tardigrada

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsTardigrada

   Broaderclass

   Part ofArthropoda

Questions about class tardigrada

What does class tardigrada mean?

class tardigrada means "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".

What is another word for class tardigrada?

Close synonyms include Tardigrada. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is class tardigrada a common word?

class tardigrada is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.