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Water flea

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.

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Branchiopod 76% connected

One of the Branchiopoda.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Copepod 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Copepoda.

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Cyclops 92% connected

One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sici…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Daphnia 92% connected

A genus of the genus Daphnia.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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