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DAPHNIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
Synonyms:
daphnia; water flea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("daphnia" is a kind of...):
branchiopod; branchiopod crustacean; branchiopodan (aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feeding)
Holonyms ("daphnia" is a member of...):
genus Daphnia (water fleas)
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