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noun
any of various small crustaceans that move about in the water like fleas, as those of the genus Daphnia.
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Origin of water flea
First recorded in 1575–85
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British Dictionary definitions for water flea
water flea
noun
any of numerous minute freshwater branchiopod crustaceans of the order Cladocera, which swim by means of hairy branched antennaeSee also daphnia
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