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单词 daphnia
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daphnia


daph·ni·a

D0026200 (dăf′nē-ə)n. pl. daphnia Any of various water fleas of the genus Daphnia, having long branched antennae, some species of which are commonly used as food for aquarium fish.
[New Latin Daphnia, genus name, from Greek Daphnē, Daphne.]

daphnia

(ˈdæfnɪə) n (Animals) any water flea of the genus Daphnia, having a rounded body enclosed in a transparent shell and bearing branched swimming antennae[C19: from New Latin, probably from Daphne]

daph•ni•a

(ˈdæf ni ə)
n., pl. -ni•as. any tiny freshwater branchiopod crustacean of the genus Daphnia, used as aquarium food. [1840–50; < New Latin, perhaps after Daphne; see -ia]
Thesaurus
Noun1.daphnia - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shelldaphnia - minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennaewater fleabranchiopod, branchiopod crustacean, branchiopodan - aquatic crustaceans typically having a carapace and many pairs of leaflike appendages used for swimming as well as respiration and feedinggenus Daphnia - water fleas
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дафния

Daphnia


Daphnia

 

a genus of freshwater animals of the suborder Cladocera. Daphnia measure 1–3 mm and have a transparent, oval, chitinous shell, whose valves are united on the dorsal side and open in the form of slits on the ventral side. Daphnia are dioecious. Some summer generations are represented only by females, which reproduce parthenogenetically. In the fall, males also appear; fertilization occurs, the females deposit one or two fertilized eggs, which are covered with a thick membrane. These eggs hibernate; in the spring females develop from them. There are a total of 26 species, 14 in the USSR; they are distributed everywhere, except in polar regions. Daphnia live in lakes, ponds, temporary bodies of water, and the backwaters of slow-moving rivers. They feed on bacteria, unicellular algae, protozoans, and the smallest particles of plant detritus. Daphnia serve as food for recently hatched and young fish (they are raised for this purpose in fisheries). Daphnia are intermediate hosts of some worms that in their adult form parasitize various vertebrates, including domestic ducks.

daphnia


Related to daphnia: Daphnia pulex
  • noun

Synonyms for daphnia

noun minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell

Synonyms

  • water flea

Related Words

  • branchiopod
  • branchiopod crustacean
  • branchiopodan
  • genus Daphnia
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