balanoidadj.n.
/ˈbalənɔɪd/ A. adj.
Acorn-shaped.
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1881 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Balanoid, resembling an acorn.
B. n.
An acorn-shell or balanid.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Entomostraca > order Cirripedia > suborder Thoracica > member of family Balanidae
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balanoid1869
1869 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1880) xxxi. 291 The Balanoids are shallow-water forms.
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adj.n.1869- to pass up
- to pass upon
- to pass water
- to pass wind
- to pass with
- to pass, be above or beyond, god's forbode
- to pass, go, or run current
- to pass, pay, make, etc a compliment
- to pat down
- to pat dry
- to pat on the back
- to stand in
- to stand in a person's light
- to stand in a person's stead
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