tardigrade

基本解釋

The genome for a species of tardigrade was first sequenced last year.
科學家開始研究這種緩步類動物的不畏懼死亡超級強權背後的基因基礎。
And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade.
如果在病毒上的實騐能夠成功，研究者們希望進一步對真正的活物進行實騐，比如熊蟲。
We had never heard of a Tardigrade, but supposedly it’s one of the most resilient microscopic swamp-dwelling invertebrates and the inspiration for this private residence.
我們從沒聽說過緩步類動物，但據說它是恢複力最強的棲息於沼澤的無脊椎微生物之一，而且是此私人住所的霛感來源。

And if the experiment works on a virus, they hope to move on to something that is indisputably alive: a tardigrade.
ECONOMIST: An old thought experiment may soon be realised
His group first looked to nature for inspiration, using studies of the biochemistry of organisms that survive without water: 500-year-old Chinese lotus seeds, the hardy resurrection plant of the Sonoran desert and the microscopic tardigrade creature.
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any minute aquatic segmented eight-legged invertebrate of the phylum Tardigrada, related to the arthropods, occurring in soil, ditches, etc (Popular name water bear)
of, relating to, or belonging to the Tardigrada