Definition of Daphnids

1. daphnid [n] - See also: daphnid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daphnids

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

Literary usage of Daphnids

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

1. Genetics; an Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1922)
"B. ROTIFERS AND daphnids It is unfortunate that the rotifers and daphnids, which lend themselves so favorably to breeding experiments, are not as favorable ..."

2. 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 ..."

3. The Age of the Earth and Other Geological Studies by William Johnson Sollas (1908)
"Now the feast is made ready for the fish ; perch, bleak, ruff, sticklebacks devour greedily the daphnids and hosts of other minute crustaceans. Then, FIG. ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"The reactions to the beef were comparable to those of the daphnids. ... No reactions to beef or motionless daphnids were obtained. ..."

5. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"The modern daphnids have a direct development, and Weismann attempts to explain ... So he reasons that in the daphnids the reproductive cycle was originally ..."

6. Studies from the Department of Anatomy by Dept. of Anatomy, Cornell University, Medical College (1910)
"Since salts have such a marked effect on the development of marine and some fresh-water animals, I placed daphnids in the strongest solutions of various ..."

7. Senescence and Rejuvenescence by Charles Manning Child (1915)
"Richard Hertwig ('12) in discussing these facts says: " It is therefore possible to speak in a double sense of an aging of the daphnids and of a change in ..."

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