Definition of Daphnid

1. a type of water flea [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daphnid

dantrolene
dantrolene sodium
dantron
dants
daomanite
dap
dapagliflozin
dapatical
daphnane
daphne
daphne family
daphnes
daphnetin
daphnia
daphnias
daphnid (current term)
daphnids
daphniid
daphniids
daphnin
daphnomancy
dapifer
dapifers
dapiprazole
dappa
dappas
dapped
dapper
dapperer
dapperest

Literary usage of Daphnid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"On the other hand, the daphnid larva has developed a highly-specialised eye-spot on the metathorax, whilst the daphnids further disagree with the ..."

2. The Lamp by Charles Scribner's Sons (1903)
"Among these, too, there was what was to me and to most zoologists, an entirely new and gigantic daphnid. I wanted to name this daphnid ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals by Gilbert Charles Bourne (1900)
"The hypostome being expanded and the mouth widely opened, the daphnid is slowly swallowed and passed down ..."

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