cirriped
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces • Syn: barnacle, cirripede • Hypernyms: crustacean • Hyponyms: acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis • Member Holonyms: Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia
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