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
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water flea::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cyclops |
| Type of | copepod, copepod crustacean |
water flea::noun | Spocien Dictionary
minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | daphnia |
| Type of | branchiopodan, branchiopod, branchiopod crustacean |
Examples of water flea
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The water flea, called Daphnia, plays a key role in the food web of many lakes.
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Water flea, Daphnia, is known to be a key component of many aquatic foodwebs.
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Worm larvae within the water are hosted by a water flea, which may be ingested by humans.
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The water flea is, in fact, one of the world's trendiest crustaceans.
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It may be just 5 millimetres long, but the water flea packs in more genes than any species yet sequenced.
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The researchers examined a water flea, Daphnia, known to be a key component of many aquatic foodwebs.
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This male water flea of Bosmina genus debuted in a UB lab.
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The water flea Daphnia pulex is a commonly used model organism among ecologists and other environmental scientists.
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They also don't want new invasive species like the spiny water flea on a boat from nearby Great Sacandaga Lake, she said.
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