Class_TardigradaWordNet Explorer

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

(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes

an arthropod of the division Tardigrada