Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cirripedia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-ri-pedia
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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 .

Questions

What does cirripedia mean?: 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 .

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