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‖ Daphnia Zool.|ˈdæfnɪə|
[mod.L. (Müller Entomostraca, 1785) f. Daphne.]
A genus of minute fresh-water entomostracous crustacea; a water-flea. Hence daphniˈaceous a. ˈdaphniad, a member of the order containing the water-fleas. ˈdaphnioid a., allied in structure to Daphnia; n. a daphniad.
1847Carpenter Zool. §805 After the third or fourth moulting, the young Daphnia begins to deposit its eggs in the cavity of its back. 1852Dana Crust. ii. 1525 No Daphnioids..have been yet reported from the Torrid Zone. |