Home › Words › C › cladocerancladocerancladoceran means any of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera, now often Diplostraca.EtymologyCladocera + -announAny of the small crustaceans of the order Cladocera, now often DiplostracaDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cladocerous 80% match — Of or pertaining to the order Cladocera. vs cladoceran →crustacea 66% match — Crustaceans. vs cladoceran →daphniid 65% match — Any water flea of the family Daphniidae vs cladoceran →branchiopod 65% match — Any of the very many aquatic crustaceans of the class Branchiopoda, such as the fairy shrimps and water fleas. vs cladoceran →cladophore 64% match — Any green alga of the order Cladophorales. vs cladoceran →daphnid 64% match — Any water flea of the genus Daphnia vs cladoceran →bathynellacean 64% match — Any crustacean of the order Bathynellacea vs cladoceran →tanaidacean 63% match — Any crustacean of the order Tanaidacea vs cladoceran →