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Noun: cirripede  'si-ri,peed
  1. Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
    - barnacle, cirriped

Derived forms: cirripedes

Type of: crustacean

Part of: Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia

Encyclopedia: Cirripede