cirriped

American  

[sir-uh-ped] / ˈsɪr əˌpɛd /

noun

1. any crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, chiefly comprising the barnacles, typically free-swimming in the larval stage and attached or parasitic in the adult stage, with slender, bristly appendages for gathering food.

---

adjective

1. having legs like cirri.

2. belonging or pertaining to the Cirripedia.

Etymology

Origin of cirriped

1820–30; < New Latin Cirripedia; cirri-, ped

Example Sentences

Also, for the Lepas anatifera, a cirriped often found attached to vessels or timber by a long fleshy peduncle, sometimes 4 or 5 feet in length.

From Project Gutenberg