Definition of Water flea

1. 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.

Exact synonyms: Cyclops
Generic synonyms: Copepod, Copepod Crustacean
Group relationships: Genus Cyclops

2. Noun. Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae.
Exact synonyms: Daphnia
Generic synonyms: Branchiopod, Branchiopod Crustacean, Branchiopodan
Group relationships: Genus Daphnia

Medical Definition of Water flea

1. Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostraca belonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; so called because they swim with sudden leaps, or starts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Water Flea

water dropwort
water eagle
water elder
water elephant
water elm
water faucet
water feather-foil
water fennel
water fern
water filter
water finder
water flag
water flannel
water flaxseed
water flea (current term)
water flea (current term)
water flounder
water for injection
water fountain
water fox
water furrow
water gage
water gap
water gas
water gas
water gate
water gauge
water gavel
water germander
water gillyflower

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