"water flea" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: water fleas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} water flea (plural water fleas)
  1. Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming. Wikipedia link: water flea Categories (lifeform): Branchiopods Translations (crustacean of the order Cladocera): watervlo [feminine] (Dutch), vesikirppu (Finnish), daphnie [feminine] (French), Wasserfloh [masculine] (German), νερόψυλλος (nerópsyllos) [masculine] (Greek), δάφνια (dáfnia) [feminine] (Greek), dafnia [feminine] (Italian), kêça avê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), wioślarka [feminine] (Polish), pulga de agua [feminine] (Spanish)

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