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CIRRIPEDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Barnacles
Synonyms:
Cirripedia; subclass Cirripedia
Classified under:
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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