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