a. [f. L. tardigradus + -OUS: see prec.] = TARDIGRADE a.

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1658.  Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. xxviii. (ed. 3), 227. [The tiger] is but a slow and tardigradous animal.

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1667.  E. W[arren], No Præexistence, v. 62. by a slack and tardigradous progress, finally arrive at the approbation of them.

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1821.  Egestorff, trans. Klopstock’s Messiah, I. I. 884.

          Around the silent ne’er explored North-pole
Lowers Tardigradous midnight, solitary.

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1848.  Johnston, in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, II. No. 6. 310. Mite about a line in length,… tardigradous.

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1866.  Pall Mall G., 17 Sept., 4. Meanwhile Dissent does not wait for the tardigradous action of superior authorities.

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