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Meaning of "water flea" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WATER FLEA

water flea play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WATER FLEA

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Water flea is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WATER FLEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

water flea

Cladocera

Cladocera is an order of small crustaceans commonly called water fleas. Around 620 species have been recognised so far, with many more undescribed. They are ubiquitous in inland aquatic habitats, but rare in the oceans. Most are 0.2–6.0 mm long, with a down-turned head, and a carapace covering the apparently unsegmented thorax and abdomen. There is a single median compound eye. Most species show cyclical parthenogenesis, where asexual reproduction is occasionally supplemented by sexual reproduction, which produces resting eggs that allow the species to survive harsh conditions and disperse to distant habitats.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WATER FLEA

water crowfoot
water cure
water cycle
water diviner
water divining
water dog
water down
water dropwort
water feature
water filter
water fountain
water gap
water gas
water gate
water gauge
water glass
water gum
water gun
water hammer
water heater

WORDS THAT END LIKE WATER FLEA

achillea
azalea
beach flea
beflea
bougainvillea
cochlea
deflea
Elea
flea
galea
Heraclea
jigger flea
lea
olea
palea
Penthesilea
pilea
plea
sand flea
talea

Synonyms and antonyms of water flea in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «water flea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WATER FLEA

Find out the translation of water flea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of water flea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «water flea» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水蚤
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulga de agua
570 millions of speakers

English

water flea
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पानी पिस्सू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

برغوث الماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

водяная блоха
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pulga d´água
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জল পালা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

puce d´eau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loya air
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wasserfloh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミジンコ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

물벼룩
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loak banyu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trời nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தண்ணீர் பிளே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाणी पिसू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

su piresi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulce d´acqua
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwielitka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

водяна блоха
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purici de apă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ψύλλος του νερού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

water vlooimark
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattenloppa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vannloppe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of water flea

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER FLEA»

The term «water flea» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.291 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WATER FLEA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about water flea

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WATER FLEA»

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AQUIRE: Aquatic Information Retrieval Toxicity Data Base : ...
836 Daphnia cucullata Water Flea CR CLAD 57 1260 Daphnia galeata Water Flea CR CLAD 10 1280 Daphnia galeata mendotae Water Flea CR CLAD 47 48 Daphnia hyal ina Water Flea CR CLAD 57 170 Daphnia longi spina Water Flea CR ...
Rosemarie C. Russo, Anne Pilli, Environmental Research Laboratory (Duluth, Minn.), 1985
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
USGS parameter code Compound Category of organism Common name of organism End point EC50 (ug/L) 77 1 35 1,2-dimethylbenzene (Continued) insect water flea imm 3.2xl03 water flea imm l.OxlO3 plant green algae gro 5.5x1 04 green ...
‎1998
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Alien Species in North America and Hawaii
In the open waters of the Great Lakes, and increasingly in smaller lakes, another zooplankter, the spiny water flea, has become a keystone exotic (Lehman and Caceres 1993). Native to Eurasia, the predaceous spiny water flea was first found  ...
George W. Cox, 1999
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World of Fresh Water: A Resource for Studying Issues of ...
Simply place a finger over one end of the siphon tube and put the open end of the tube near a water flea. When your finger is briefly lifted up, water and the water flea will be drawn into the tube. Place your finger back over the tube and transfer ...
‎1997
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Not all alien invaders are from outer space
The spiny water flea isn't really a flea at all. It is a tiny crustacean distantly related to shrimp, lobster, and crayfish. This native of Europe first appeared in North America in Lake Huron in 1984. Three years later, it could be found in all five Great ...
United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 2000
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World of fresh water: a resource for studying issues of ...
This technique results in fewer injured water fleas and is probably a better method for getting animals to use for experiments. Simply place a finger over one end of the siphon tube and put the open end of the tube near a water flea. When your ...
Janet Clement, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (U.S.), 1997
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It's All in Your Head: Change Your Mind - Change Your Health
THE HUMBLE WATER FLEA Sharon Begley, a science journalist for the Wall Street Journal, published a story recently that caught my eye as it affirmed other information I had gathered about genes and how they influence outcomes. It's the  ...
Mark C. Pettus, 2006
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The Toxicology of Methanol
TABLE 4.5 Acute Toxicity of Methanol to Invertebrates Species Exposure Time Hours Concentration, mg/l References Water flea 48 NOEL1⁄410,000 Verschuren (1983) Water flea 24 48 EC50 >1⁄4>10,000 (immobilization) EC50 1⁄4> 10,000 ...
John J. Clary, 2013
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Lakes and Rivers
One of the most common cladocerans in temperate waters is the water flea ( genus Daphnia). It gains its name from its body shape, which resembles that of parasitic fleas, although the water flea is only distantly related to them. Water fleas ...
Trevor Day, 2009
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Atrazine in North American Surface Waters: A Probabilistic ...
... 529 USEPA 2002 Rasbora heteromorpha Harlequin fish Fish LC50 4d 7600 — Toobyetal. 1980 Tilapia mossambica Tilapia Fish LC50 4d 11300 — Rao and Dad 1979 Ceriodaphnia dubia Water flea Crustacea LC50 2d 32990 — Ortetal.
‎2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WATER FLEA»

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Water Fleas Adapt to Climate Change Using Genetics
The water flea Daphnia, a zooplankton organism typically found in shallow ponds and lakes, normally reproduces asexually by cloning itself. But in difficult living ... «Nature World News, May 15»
2
Water fleas genetically adapt to climate change
The water flea has genetically adapted to climate change. Biologists from KU Leuven, Belgium, compared 'resurrected' water fleas—hatched from 40-year-old ... «Phys.Org, May 15»
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Water fleas prepare for Space voyage
Water fleas prepare for Space voyage. UPSOT: ROCKET COUNTDOWN June's Mission Discovery voyage to the International Space station will see an unusual ... «Chicago Tribune, Jan 15»
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Astronauts Anticipate the Arrival of Water Fleas Headed to the ISS
Water fleas are currently being prepared by scientists at the University of Birmingham (UK) for their trip to the International Space Station (ISS), where they will ... «From Quarks to Quasars, Dec 14»
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University of Birmingham water fleas in space
Water fleas taken from a pond at the University of Birmingham have been selected for a space mission. The idea is to see how they react to life in space on the ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
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Spiny Water Flea Found in Trout Lake
Vilas County's Trout Lake has a new invasive species. Spiny water fleas were found earlier this week by a fisherman who noticed them attached to his gear. «WXPR, Sep 14»
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Experts: No 'major' risk from spiny water flea
Two weeks after sounding the alarm over the presence of spiny water fleas in Lake Champlain, scientists are downplaying the invasive species' threat to local ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Sep 14»
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Invasive spiny water flea confirmed in Lake Champlain
Sep 01, 2014 — Spiny water flea has officially officially arrived in Lake Champlain. Spiny water flea is an invasive species, a small crustacean that fouls fishing ... «North Country Public Radio, Aug 14»
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Invasive spiny waterflea confirmed in lake
The arrival of the invasive spiny water flea into Lake Champlain has been officially confirmed by regional scientists, according to a news release from the Grand ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Aug 14»
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Castrated water fleas grow to gigantic proportions
The beginning is invisible. A freshwater flea infected with the parasitic bacterium Pasteuria ramosa could happily eat green algae in a lake for a week before it ... «Science AAAS, Aug 14»

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