Translingual

Daphnia pulex

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Daphnia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Daphniidae – the water fleas.

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species see Daphnia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Daphniopsis

English

A daphnia (Daphnia pulex)

Wikispecies

Noun

daphnia ‎(plural daphnias)

1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

Latin

Alternative forms

• daphnea

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ ‎(daphnaíā), from δάφνη ‎(dáphnē, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdapʰ.ni.a/

Noun

daphnia f ‎(genitive daphniae); first declension

1. An unknown kind of precious stone

Inflection

First declension.

References

• daphnia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “daphnĕa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.