Noun: cirriped 'si-ri,ped
- Marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
"Barnacles are well-known examples of cirripeds"; "cirripedes are well-known examples of cirripeds";
- barnacle, cirripede
Derived forms: cirripeds
Type of: crustacean
Part of: Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia
Encyclopedia: Cirriped