Crossword clues for daphnia
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Daphnia \Daph"ni*a\, n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.
Wiktionary
n. A water flea of the genus ''Daphnia''.
WordNet
n. minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae [syn: water flea]
Wikipedia
Daphnia, a genus of small planktonic crustaceans, are in length. Daphnia are members of the order Cladocera, and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas because their saltatory (Wiktionary) swimming style resembles the movements of fleas. Daphnia live in various aquatic environments ranging from acidic swamps to freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers.
The two most readily available species of Daphnia are D. pulex (small and most common) and D. magna (large). They are often associated with a related genus in the order Cladocera: Moina, which is in the Moinidae family instead of Daphniidae and is much smaller than D. pulex (approximately half the maximum length). Daphnia eggs for sale are generally enclosed in ephippia (a thick shell, consisting of two chitinous plates, that encloses and protects the winter eggs of a cladoceran).
Daphnia is one of the three subgenera of the genus Daphnia, the others being Australodaphnia and Ctenodaphnia.
Usage examples of "daphnia".
From above, Daphnia looked almost as dull brown as Elpisia, though at the height of summer it would have been a luminous green.
Kyros had dealings with several sorceresses in Daphnia, and had me carry messages fairly regularly.
I wondered if there was another inn in Daphnia that had a room with a window overlooking a climbing rosebush in the inner courtyard, and a window on the opposite wall with a view of the Temple of Athena.
I had visited other Weavers in Daphnia on behalf of Kyros, I had nearly always been taken into a receiving room, with a desk and comfortable chairs.
I had visited the temple on previous trips to Daphnia and had found it beautiful.
The most important thing was going to be to get away from Daphnia as fast as I could.
It was a warm bed, and though it was harder than my bed at the guesthouse in Daphnia, it was a great deal softer than the ground.
We had bought grain for them back in Daphnia, and feeding them grain would let us ride longer days, but Burkut looked exhausted.
I found a gem cutter in one of the larger towns just beyond Daphnia who willingly sold me a sack of garnets.
I blinked at it, then remembered where it had come from: it was the brooch given to us back in Daphnia by the crazy sorceress who wanted to buy our karenite.
I may mention that my son found a Daphnia which had inserted one of its antennae into the slit, and it was thus held fast during a whole day.
It would cover Daphnia, Penelopeia, and Casseia, were they placed end to end, and drown all the Alashi besides.
The grasslands around us were turning yellow and brown from heat and drought, but Daphnia was watered by canals.
If Lauria was still in Daphnia, she could probably hide in the temple courtyard.
Underneath, sunk in the floor, and most of them covered with chicken wire, there were tray upon tray swarming and heaving with worms and baits: white worms, micro worms, Daphnia, shrimp, and thick slimy clam worms.