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daphne du maurier |
daphne family |
daphne laureola |
daphne mezereum |
daphnia
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daphnia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun daphnia has 1 sense
- daphnia(n = noun.animal) water flea - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae; Array is a kind of branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan
is a member of genus daphnia
OXFORD DICTIONARY
daphnia, n. any freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genus Daphnia, enclosed in a transparent carapace and with long antennae and prominent eyes. Also called freshwater flea.
Etymology
mod.L f. Daphne name of a nymph in Gk mythol., f. DAPHNE
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