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water bear

noun

, Zoology.
  1. a tardigrade.


water bear

noun

  1. another name for a tardigrade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of water bear1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

He wonders whether other kinds of water bears might prove more splatter-proof.

One of the most common little creatures that was caught in this trap, was the Tardigrada, or water bear.

Thus Mrs. Water-Bear makes a nursery out of her old skin, a device as ingenious as unexpected.

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