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(zoology) Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia..
Use balanid when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Balanid means (zoology) Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia..
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