Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A subclass of low parasitic entomostracous crustaceans; the barnacles and a corn-shells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) 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 .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun barnacles
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Herschel's manual of Scientific Enquiry; publishes great works on recent and fossil cirripedia, 1851-4; receives Royal Medal of Royal Society, 1853, and Wollaston Medal of Geological
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[8] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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[8] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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[6] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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[6] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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[6] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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[8] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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[6] These legs are used for filter feeding, are the main source of response, and they are used for respiration in class cirripedia.
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_cirripedia_ Fig. 98 represents one of this genus.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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