cir·ri·pede
(sîr′ə-pēd′) also cir·ri·ped (-pĕd′)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.
cir′ri·pede′ adj.
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cir•ri•ped
(ˈsɪr əˌpɛd)n.
any crustacean of the class Cirripedia, comprising the barnacles and certain parasitic forms, typically free-swimming in the larval stage and attached as adults, with bristly food-gathering appendages.
[1820–30; < New Latin Cirripedia; see cirrus]
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| 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 surfacescrustacean - 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 |
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