Daphnia

//ˈdæfnɪə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A water flea of the genus Daphnia.
  2. 2
    minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae wordnet

Etymology

From the genus name.

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