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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


Synonymsbarnacle, cirriped


Broader (hypernym)crustacean


Narrower (hyponym)acorn barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis, rock barnacle


Member meronymCirripedia, subclass Cirripedia









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