Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water flea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter flea
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.

Inflected Forms

water fleas (plural)

Synonyms

daphnia cyclops

Questions

What does water flea mean?: Any of various aquatic crustacea of the order Diplostraca, characterised by their jumping or jerky mode of swimming.

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