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Meaning of DAPHNIA

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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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 Synonyms: water flea
 
 See Also: branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan, genus Daphnia

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Daph"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of the genus {Daphnia}.
 
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