different between daphnia vs rotifer

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?dæfn??/

Noun

daphnia (plural daphnias)

1. A water flea of the genus Daphnia.

Latin

Alternative forms

• daphnea

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (daphnaí?), from ????? (dáphn?, “laurel, sweet bay; perhaps a kind of coral”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?dap?.ni.a/, [?d?äp?niä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?daf.ni.a/, [?d??fni?]

Noun

daphnia f (genitive daphniae); first declension

1. 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
• daphn?a in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Latin rota (“wheel”) +? -ifer, after Italian rotifero.

Noun

rotifer (plural rotifers)

1. Any of many minute aquatic multicellular organisms, of the phylum Rotifera, that have a ring of cilia resembling a wheel.

   Synonyms: wheel animal, wheel animalcule

Related terms

• rotiferan

Translations

References

• rotifer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rotifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rotifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Fortier

Romanian

Etymology

From French rotifère.

Noun

rotifer n (plural rotifere)

1. rotifer

Declension