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Lepas

noun

type genus of the family Lepadidae

• Syn: ↑genus Lepas

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepadidae, ↑family Lepadidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑goose barnacle, ↑gooseneck barnacle, ↑Lepas fascicularis

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\\ˈlepəs, ˈlēˌpas\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, limpet, from Greek

: a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Lepadidae) of goose barnacles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.