Water Flea — synonyms, definition

1. water flea (Noun)

2 synonyms
cyclops daphnia
2 definitions

water flea (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.

water flea (Noun) — Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae.

5 types of
branchiopod branchiopod crustacean branchiopodan copepod copepod crustacean
2 parts of
genus Cyclops genus Daphnia