CIRRIPED

barnacle, cirriped, cirripede

(noun) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

cirriped (plural cirripeds)

Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the infraclass Cirripedia.

Source: Wiktionary


Cir"ri*ped, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Cirripedia.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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