T'ARDIGRADE T'ARDIGRADOUS, adjective [Latin tardigradus; tardus, slow, and gradus, step.] Slow-paced; moving or stepping slowly. T'ARDIGRADE, noun The tardigrades are a genus of edentate quadrupeds, including the genus Bradypus or sloth.
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