Tardigrade
Tardigrade , adjective
[Latin tardigradus; tardus slow + gradi to step: compare French tardigrade.]
1.
Moving or stepping slowly; slow-paced. [Rare] — G. Eliot
2.
(Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Tardigrada.
Tardigrade , noun
(Zoology) One of the Tardigrada.