Meanings
plural daphnias
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounminute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- translingualDaphnia
- translingualDaphnia
- Englishdaphnia
Borrowed from Translingual Daphnia.
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan dàfnia, puça d'aigua
- dàfniawater flea of the genus Daphnia
- puça d'aiguawater flea of the genus Daphnia
French daphnie, puce d'eau
- daphniewater flea of the genus Daphnia
- puce d'eauwater flea of the genus Daphnia
German Wasserfloh
- Wasserflohwater flea of the genus Daphnia
Polish dafnia, rozwielitka
- dafniawater flea of the genus Daphnia
- rozwielitkawater flea of the genus Daphnia
Cite this entry
daphnia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daphnia
“daphnia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daphnia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daphnia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daphnia.
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