DAPHNIA


Meaning of DAPHNIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdaf-nē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name

Date: 1847

: any of a genus ( Daphnia ) of minute freshwater branchiopod crustaceans with biramous antennae used as locomotor organs — compare water flea

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