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Cir`ri`pe´di`a

n. pl.

(Zool.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

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Cirripedia - barnacles

subclass Cirripedia

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

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

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

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Cirripedia (redirected from cirripeds)

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