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CIRRIPEDIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cirripedia mean?

• CIRRIPEDIA (noun)
The noun CIRRIPEDIA has 1 sense:

1. barnacles

Familiarity information: CIRRIPEDIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CIRRIPEDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Cirripedia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Barnacles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cirripedia; subclass Cirripedia

Hypernyms ("Cirripedia" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Cirripedia"):

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

Balanidae; family Balanidae (stalkless barnacles)

family Lepadidae; Lepadidae (goose barnacles)

Holonyms ("Cirripedia" is a member of...):

class Crustacea; Crustacea (class of mandibulate arthropods including: lobsters; crabs; shrimps; woodlice; barnacles; decapods; water fleas)

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