cirripede

cir·ri·ped  (sîr-pd) also cir·ri·pede (-pd)

n.

Any of various crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia, which includes the barnacles and related organisms that attach themselves to objects or become parasitic in the adult stage.

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[From New Latin Cirripedia, order name : cirr(us) + -ped.]

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cirri·ped adj.

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cirripede (sîr-pd) also cirriped  (sîr-pd)

Any of various small marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia, which includes the barnacles. Some cirripedes become internal parasites of other marine invertebrates in the adult stage, while others (the barnacles) attach themselves to objects and grow a hard shell. Cirripedes are related to copepods.

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Noun

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cirripede - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces barnacle, cirriped crustacean - any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia - barnacles acorn barnacle, Balanus balanoides, rock barnacle - barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis - stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers