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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

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

Etymology: (1840–50; < NL, perh. after Daphne ; see -ia)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) daphnia, water flea
minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae

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1. (noun) daphnia
a genus of the genus Daphnia

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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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