cirripede

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a marine crustacean such as a barnacle, with feathery appendages for catching food

   Darwin spent years studying cirripedes and their classification.

From Latin cirrus, "curl, tendril," plus pes, "foot," referring to the curled, feathery feeding appendages of barnacles and related marine crustaceans.

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