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noun
Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: daphnia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: branchiopod crustacean, branchiopod, branchiopodan
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cyclops
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: copepod, copepod crustacean
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