tardigrade

Plural: tardigrades

Noun

an arthropod of the division Tardigrada
A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.
A sloth, a neotropical mammal of suborder Folivora (syn. Tardigrada).

Adj

Sluggish; moving slowly.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin tardigradus (“slowly stepping”), from tardus (“slow”) + gradior (“step, walk”).

Synonyms

water bear

Scrabble Score: 13

tardigrade: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tardigrade: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tardigrade: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

tardigrade: valid Words With Friends Word