cladoceran

noun

cla·​doc·​er·​an klə-ˈdä-sə-rən 

: any of an order (Cladocera) of minute chiefly freshwater branchiopod crustaceans that includes the water fleas

Examples of cladoceran in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So there’s branchiopods, ostracods, copepods, cladocerans...and besides the crustaceans, there’s a lot more. —Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 3 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Cladocera, from clad- + Greek keras horn — more at horn

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined above