- pedunculate barnacle
- noun
: a barnacle (as the goose barnacle) attached to the substrate by the base of a fleshy foot or stalk — compare sessile barnacle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pedunculate barnacle
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pedunculate — adjective having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk a pedunculate flower a pedunculate barnacle is attached to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk • Syn: ↑stalked • Ant: ↑sessile • Topics: ↑biology, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
barnacle — barnacle1 barnacled, adj. /bahr neuh keuhl/, n. 1. any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless… … Universalium
sessile barnacle — noun : a barnacle (as the acorn barnacle) of which the calcareous shell is attached directly to the substrate compare pedunculate barnacle … Useful english dictionary
cirripede — ▪ crustacean Introduction any of the marine crustaceans of the infraclass Cirripedia (subphylum Crustacea). The best known are the barnacles. Adult cirripedes other than barnacles are internal parasites of marine invertebrates such as crabs … Universalium
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