Definition of Daphnias

1. Noun. (plural of daphnia) ¹

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Definition of Daphnias

1. daphnia [n] - See also: daphnia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daphnias

dantons
dantrolene
dantrolene sodium
dantron
dants
daomanite
dap
dapagliflozin
dapatical
daphnane
daphne
daphne family
daphnes
daphnetin
daphnia
daphnias (current term)
daphnid
daphnids
daphniid
daphniids
daphnin
daphnomancy
dapifer
dapifers
dapiprazole
dappa
dappas
dapped
dapper
dapperer

Literary usage of Daphnias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence of Animals: With Special by John Lubbock (1889)
"One half I exposed to direct sunlight, and the other I shaded, counting the daphnias from time to time, and transposing the exposed and shaded halves. ..."

2. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"In these he put fifty daphnias, and then, ma darkened chamber, threw upon them an electric spectrum arranged so that on each side of a given line the light ..."

3. An Introduction to Psychology by Mary Whiton Calkins (1908)
"To Lubbock we owe, also, an experiment on water-fleas (daphnias), which suggests that their susceptibility to color-stimuli may be different from ours.2 The ..."

4. Animal Life and Intelligence by Conwy Lloyd Morgan (1891)
"The daphnias were placed in a shallow wooden trough, divided by movable ... The partitions were removed, and the daphnias allowed to collect in the ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"When light was cast upon a point in the vessel, the daphnias ... When a spectrum was thrown upon the vessel, the daphnias still spread themselves over the ..."

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