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Balanidae

noun

stalkless barnacles

• Syn: ↑family Balanidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cirripedia, ↑subclass Cirripedia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Balanus, ↑genus Balanus

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\\bəˈlanəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Balanus, type genus + -idae

: a family of highly evolved sessile barnacles comprising the acorn barnacles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.