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daphnia

UK/ˈdæfnɪə/

daphnia noun: a water flea of the genus Daphnia.

daphnia: a water flea of the genus Daphnia
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Noun

daphnia (plural daphnias)

  1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.
    • Underneath, sunk in the floor, and most of them covered with chicken wire, there were tray upon tray swarming and heaving with worms and baits: white worms, micro worms, Daphnia, shrimp and thick slimy clam worms.1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 156

daphnia meaning in Tamil

daphnia in Tamil

நீர்ப்பூச்சு

Forms of daphnia

pluraldaphnias

Origin of daphnia

Borrowed from Translingual Daphnia.

Questions about daphnia

What does daphnia mean?
Daphnia means a water flea of the genus Daphnia.
What is daphnia in Tamil?
Daphnia in Tamil is நீர்ப்பூச்சு. See Daphnia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is daphnia?
Daphnia is a noun.
How do you pronounce daphnia?
Daphnia is pronounced /ˈdæfnɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of daphnia?
The plural of daphnia is daphnias.

Words near daphnia in the dictionary

  1. Daphnephoroi
  2. Daphnephoros
  3. daphnes
  4. daphnetin
  5. daphnetoxin
  6. daphnia
  7. Daphnian
  8. Daphnians
  9. daphnias
  10. daphnid
  11. Daphnidian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: daphnia (page history and authors); daphnia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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