tardigrade

English Thesaurus

1. an arthropod of the division Tardigrada (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod,
definition	:	invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin (noun.animal)

part holonym	:	stylet,
definition	:	small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	class tardigrada, tardigrada,
definition	:	in some classifications considered a separate phylum: microscopic arachnid-like invertebrates living in water or damp moss having 4 pairs of legs and instead of a mouth a pair of stylets or needlelike piercing organs connected with the pharynx (noun.animal)