Cirriped
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɪɹɪpɛd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cirriped is a noun meaning Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the infraclass Cirripedia.
Meaning
Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the infraclass Cirripedia.
Example Sentences
What train of wives and concubines was ever so ignominiously placed as the extra husbands carried among the scales of the careful female cirriped, lest she lose one or two!
Word Forms
- cirripeds
- cirrhopod
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cirripedian, barnacle, cirripedology, cirrate, cirratuliform, remipedian.
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