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Definition of Daphnias
1. daphnia [n] - See also: daphnia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daphnias
Literary usage of Daphnias
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Animals: With Special by John Lubbock (1889)
"One half I exposed to direct sunlight, and the other I shaded, counting the
daphnias from time to time, and transposing the exposed and shaded halves. ..."
2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"In these he put fifty daphnias, and then, ma darkened chamber, threw upon them
an electric spectrum arranged so that on each side of a given line the light ..."
3. An Introduction to Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins (1908)
"To Lubbock we owe, also, an experiment on water-fleas (daphnias), which suggests
that their susceptibility to color-stimuli may be different from ours.2 The ..."
4. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"The daphnias were placed in a shallow wooden trough, divided by movable ...
The partitions were removed, and the daphnias allowed to collect in the ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"When light was cast upon a point in the vessel, the daphnias ... When a spectrum
was thrown upon the vessel, the daphnias still spread themselves over the ..."
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