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daph·ni·a

 (dăf′nē-ə)
n. pl. daphnia
Any of various water fleas of the genus Daphnia, having long branched antennae, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish.

[New Latin Daphnia, genus name, from Greek Daphnē, Daphne.]
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daphnia

(ˈdæfnɪə)
n
(Animals) any water flea of the genus Daphnia, having a rounded body enclosed in a transparent shell and bearing branched swimming antennae
[C19: from New Latin, probably from Daphne]
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daph•ni•a

(ˈdæf ni ə)
n., pl. -ni•as.
any tiny freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genus Daphnia, used as aquarium food.
[1840–50; < New Latin, perhaps after Daphne; see -ia]
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Noun1.daphnia - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shelldaphnia - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
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
genus Daphnia - water fleas
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