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noun
Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the infraclass Cirripedia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: barnacle, cirripede
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crustacean
Narrower terms: acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis
History
Borrowed from translingual Cirripedia. By surface analysis, cirri- + -ped. Doublet of cirripede.
