Usually means: Tiny, resilient micro-animal, extremophile.
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  1. water bear: Merriam-Webster
  2. water bear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. water bear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. water bear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. water bear: Wordnik
  6. water bear: Wiktionary
  7. water bear: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. water bear: Dictionary.com
  9. Water bear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Water bear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Water bear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. water bear: FreeDictionary.org
  13. water bear: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (water bear)

▸ noun:  (zoology) A member of the animal phylum Tardigrada.

Similar:
tardigrade, tardigradologist, ursine, space bear, ant bear, terebellid, heterotardigrade, ursoid, ice bear, eutardigrade, more...

Opposite:
firefly, fireworm, fire beetle

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Similar:
tardigrade, tardigradologist, ursine, space bear, ant bear, terebellid, heterotardigrade, ursoid, ice bear, eutardigrade, more...

Opposite:
firefly, fireworm, fire beetle



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