daphnia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Translingual Daphnia. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdæfnɪə/ === Noun === daphnia (plural daphnias) A water flea of the genus Daphnia. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === daphnea === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek δᾰφναίᾱ (dăphnaíā), from δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdapʰ.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdaf.ni.a] === Noun === daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension An unknown kind of precious stone ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “daphnia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “daphnĕa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.