- 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: opted
- 2. n. minute swimming">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 Source: wordnet
- 3. n. minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell; moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae Source: wordnet
- 4. 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: webster
- 5. Any one of numerous species of small aquatic Entomostracabelonging to the genera Cyclops, Daphnia, etc; -- so called becausethey swim with sudden leaps, or starts. Source: adambom
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