English noun: daphnia | |||
1. | daphnia (animal) minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae | ||
Synonyms | water flea | ||
Broader (hypernym) | branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan | ||
Member meronym | genus Daphnia | ||