transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtär-də-ˌgrād ]
noun
Etymology: ultimately from Latin tardigradus slow-moving, from tardus slow + gradi to step, go — more at grade
Date: 1860
: any of a phylum (Tardigrada) of microscopic invertebrates with four pairs of stout legs that live usually in water or damp moss — called also water bear