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Tardigrada
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) An order of minute aquatic arachnids; - called also bear animalcules, sloth animalcules, and water bears.
(2):
(a.) A tribe of edentates comprising the sloths. They are noted for the slowness of their movements when on the ground. See Sloth, 3.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tardigrada'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tardigrada.html. 1828.