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Meaning of word water flea from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

water flea noun

Meaning : Minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming. Important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms.

Synonyms : cyclops

Meaning : Minute freshwater crustacean having a round body enclosed in a transparent shell. Moves about like a flea by means of hairy branched antennae.

Synonyms : daphnia

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palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

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A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.

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An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).

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(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

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An activity that is diverting and that holds the attention.

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A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

victimization (noun)
Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

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Get stuck while doing something.