water bearn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə bɛː/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌbɛ(ə)r/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌbɛ(ə)r/

Forms: see water n. and bear n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bear n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + bear n.¹ With sense 1 compare Middle High German wazzerber . In sense 2 after German Wasserbär (apparently earliest used by J. A. E. Goeze 1773, in a note on page 368 of his translation of C. Bonnet Traité d'insectologie (1745)).

1. The polar bear, Ursus maritimus. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Thalarctos (polar bear)

white beara1387

water bear1607

polar bear1769

sea-bear1829

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 38 The Water-beare and others will eate fruites, Apples, Grapes, Leaues, and Pease.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Water-Bears, a sort of Bears in Spitsberg, or North-East Greenland, that live by what they catch in the Sea.

1846 P. Tocque Wandering Thoughts 118 When he first heard the sound he took his loaded gun..supposing it had been a water-bear.

1965 F. Russell Secret Islands 84 Water bear! During much of the Newfoundland winter, ice pans flood into the Atlantic from the Artic. These pans bring down..polar bears.

1984 F. Mowat Sea Slaughter ii. vi. 105 As much as twelve gallons of good train could be rendered from the carcass of a big water bear.

2. Zoology. A tardigrade (tardigrade n. 2a), a minute invertebrate with a short plump body, four pairs of stubby legs, and a rolling gait likened to that of a bear, which lives in water or in the film of water on plants such as mosses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > member of Tardigrada

tardigrade1800

water bear1848

bear animalcule1855

1848 E. C. Otté in tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos I. 354 (note) This rapid multiplication of microscopic organisms is in the case of some, (as, for instance, in..water-bears [Ger. Wasserbären] or tardigrade animalcules,) accompanied by a remarkable tenacity of life.

1861 H. J. Slack Marv. Pond-life 23 Last in the list we have the Tardigrada, ‘Slow-steppers,’ or Water Bears, queer little creatures, something like new-born puppies, with a double allowance of imperfect feet.

1889 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evol. Sex vi. §5. 72 The degenerate water-bears or sloth-animalcules (Tardigrada).

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiv. 376 Another puzzling order is that of the Bear Animalcules, Water Bears, Sloth Animalcules, or Tardigrades.

1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiv. 138/1 Water-bears, very small animals, up to 1 mm in length.

2012 Observer 12 Feb. (New Review section) 20/4 Both velvet worms and water bears have soft, segmented bodies and pairs of unstructured appendages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	water bear
释义	water bearn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə bɛː/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌbɛ(ə)r/, /ˈwɑdər ˌbɛ(ə)r/ Forms: see water n. and bear n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., bear n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + bear n.¹ With sense 1 compare Middle High German wazzerber . In sense 2 after German Wasserbär (apparently earliest used by J. A. E. Goeze 1773, in a note on page 368 of his translation of C. Bonnet Traité d'insectologie (1745)). 1. The polar bear, Ursus maritimus. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [noun] > genus Thalarctos (polar bear) white beara1387 water bear1607 polar bear1769 sea-bear1829 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 38 The Water-beare and others will eate fruites, Apples, Grapes, Leaues, and Pease. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Water-Bears, a sort of Bears in Spitsberg, or North-East Greenland, that live by what they catch in the Sea. 1846 P. Tocque Wandering Thoughts 118 When he first heard the sound he took his loaded gun..supposing it had been a water-bear. 1965 F. Russell Secret Islands 84 Water bear! During much of the Newfoundland winter, ice pans flood into the Atlantic from the Artic. These pans bring down..polar bears. 1984 F. Mowat Sea Slaughter ii. vi. 105 As much as twelve gallons of good train could be rendered from the carcass of a big water bear. 2. Zoology. A tardigrade (tardigrade n. 2a), a minute invertebrate with a short plump body, four pairs of stubby legs, and a rolling gait likened to that of a bear, which lives in water or in the film of water on plants such as mosses. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > member of Tardigrada tardigrade1800 water bear1848 bear animalcule1855 1848 E. C. Otté in tr. A. von Humboldt Cosmos I. 354 (note) This rapid multiplication of microscopic organisms is in the case of some, (as, for instance, in..water-bears [Ger. Wasserbären] or tardigrade animalcules,) accompanied by a remarkable tenacity of life. 1861 H. J. Slack Marv. Pond-life 23 Last in the list we have the Tardigrada, ‘Slow-steppers,’ or Water Bears, queer little creatures, something like new-born puppies, with a double allowance of imperfect feet. 1889 P. Geddes & J. A. Thomson Evol. Sex vi. §5. 72 The degenerate water-bears or sloth-animalcules (Tardigrada). a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiv. 376 Another puzzling order is that of the Bear Animalcules, Water Bears, Sloth Animalcules, or Tardigrades. 1987 M. S. Laverack & J. Dando Lect. Notes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 3) xxiv. 138/1 Water-bears, very small animals, up to 1 mm in length. 2012 Observer 12 Feb. (New Review section) 20/4 Both velvet worms and water bears have soft, segmented bodies and pairs of unstructured appendages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1607
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