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Tardigrada

Definition: Tardigrada

Tardigrada

Noun

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 needle-like piercing organs connected with the pharynx.

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Etymology: Tardigrada \Tar`di*gra"da\, plural noun. [New Latin expression. See Tardigrade,]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Tardigrada

Synonym: class Tardigrada (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tardigrada

English words defined with "Tardigrada": class TardigradatardigradeWater bear. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Tardigrada

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Books

  • Biology of tardigrades : proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3-5, 1985 (reference)

  • British tardigrades, Tardigrada : keys and notes for the identification of the species (reference)

  • Tardigrada (reference)

  • The Tardigrada of Poland (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Expression: Tardigrada

Expression using "Tardigrada": class Tardigrada. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tardigrada

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

tardigrada

9

phylum tardigrada

2
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Modern Translations: Tardigrada

Language Translations for "tardigrada"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

ardigradatay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Tardigrada"

Words rhyming with "Tardigrada" (pronounced 'Tar`di*gra"da'): Anaconda, Armada, Chorda, Cicada, Coda, Delenda, Edda, hacienda, Haggada, jacaranda, Kuda, LAMBDA, Marimonda, Mida, Morinda, Nonda, Olla-podrida, Pagoda, panda, Pinnigrada, Plantigrada, Podrida, Propaganda, Pudenda, Racoonda, Reseda, Rig-Veda, rotunda, Sadda, Salsoda, Sida, Stomatoda, Tienda, Urochorda, Veda, Venada, Veranda, Vifda, Yajur-Veda, Zerda. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Tardigrada

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-d-g-i-r-r-t"

-4 letters: ritard.

-5 letters: agria, atria, gaddi, gadid, radar, riata, taiga, tiara, tragi, triad.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Tardigrada


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 61 72 64 69 67 72 61 64 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-    .-    .-.    -..    ..    --.    .-.    .-    -..    .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100001 01110010 01100100 01101001 01100111 01110010 01100001 01100100 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#97 &#114 &#100 &#105 &#103 &#114 &#97 &#100 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0061 0072 0064 0069 0067 0072 0061 0064 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54678470757384677067

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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