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CIRRIPEDIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Barnacles

Synonyms:

Cirripedia; subclass Cirripedia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cirripedia"):

barnacle; cirriped; cirripede (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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