English noun: cirripede | |||
1. | cirripede (animal) marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces | ||
Synonyms | barnacle, cirriped | ||
Broader (hypernym) | crustacean | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acorn barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis, rock barnacle | ||
Member meronym | Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia | ||