tardigrade
tar·dig·rade
noun
1.
an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
Origin
From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”), equivalent to Latin tardus + -i- + -grade.
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