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    DAPHNIA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennaeplay

    Synonyms:

    daphnia; water flea

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("daphnia" is a kind of...):

    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)

    Holonyms ("daphnia" is a member of...):

    genus Daphnia (water fleas)

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