Definition of Ciripedia
||Cir`ri*pe"di*a (?), n. pl. [NL.,
fr. L. cirrus curl + pes, pedis, foot.]
(Zoöl.) An order of Crustacea including the
barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of
several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws
out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence
the name of the group. See Anatifa.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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