Daphnia synonyms

dăf'nē-ə

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water-flea
Any of an order (Cladocera) of mostly freshwater branchiopods; esp., any of a genus (Daphnia) commonly found in ponds and used to feed fish in aquariums
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pulex (related)
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rotifer (related)
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crustacean (related)
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chironomids (related)
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paramecium (related)
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ciliate (related)
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Find another word for daphnia. In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for daphnia, like: water-flea, pulex, rotifer, crustacean, chironomids, paramecium and ciliate.
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Daphnia Sentence Examples

  • Of the seven genera, the cosmopolitan Daphnia contains about 100 species and varieties, of which Thomas Scott (1899) observes that " scarcely any of the several characters that have at one time or another been selected as affording a means for discriminating between the different forms can be relied on as satisfactory."

  • Daphnia are found in large numbers sheltering under floating aquatics such as water-lilies.

  • These can be easily raised in newly hatched brine shrimp, powdered flake, and small daphnia and other pond foods.

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