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Cirriped
(gcide) | Cirriped \Cir"ri*ped\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Cirripedia.
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cirriped
(wn) | cirriped
n 1: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;
free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and
live attached to submerged surfaces [syn: barnacle,
cirriped, cirripede] |
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subclass cirripedia
(encz) | subclass Cirripedia, n: |
Ceroplastes cirripediformis
(gcide) | Barnacle \Bar"na*cle\, n. [Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of
goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this
shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim.
of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F.
bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach,
barneach, limpet.] (Zool.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber,
ships, etc., esp.
(a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and
(b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
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Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish.
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse ({Ceroplastes
cirripediformis}) of the orange and quince trees in
Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile
barnacle in form.
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Cirriped
(gcide) | Cirriped \Cir"ri*ped\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Cirripedia.
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Cirripedia
(gcide) | Cirripedia \Cir`ri*pe"di*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cirrus curl +
pes, pedis, foot.] (Zool.)
An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult,
they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From
the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of
curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of
the group. See Anatifa.
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cirripede
(wn) | cirripede
n 1: marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages;
free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and
live attached to submerged surfaces [syn: barnacle,
cirriped, cirripede] |
cirripedia
(wn) | Cirripedia
n 1: barnacles [syn: Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia] |
subclass cirripedia
(wn) | subclass Cirripedia
n 1: barnacles [syn: Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia] |
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