English
Detailed Synonyms for water flea in English
water flea:
water flea [the ~] nomen
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the 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 1the water flea; the daphnia– minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae 1 -
the water flea
– minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms 1the water flea; the cyclops– minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms 1