water flea

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water flea

noun water fleas

Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.

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noun crustacean of the order Cladocera

Español	pulga de agua
Français	daphnie
Deutsch	Wasserfloh
Italiano	dafnia
Ελληνικά	νερόψυλλος nerópsyllos, δάφνια dáfnia

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@misc{water_flea_2026,
  title = {water flea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/water%20flea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}