cirriped (redirected from cirripedes)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cirriped - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces barnacle, cirripede 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