Definitions for daphniaˈdæf ni ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

daph•ni•aˈdæf ni ə(n.)(pl.)-ni•as.

  1. any tiny freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genus Daphnia, used as aquarium food.

    Category: Invertebrates

Origin of daphnia:

1840–50; < NL, perh. after Daphne ; see -ia

Princeton's WordNet

  1. daphnia, water flea(noun)

    minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae

Wiktionary

  1. daphnia(Noun)

    A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

  2. Origin: From the genus name.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Daphnia(noun)

    a genus of the genus Daphnia

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Daphnia

    A diverse genus of minute freshwater CRUSTACEA, of the suborder CLADOCERA. They are a major food source for both young and adult freshwater fish.


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