balanusn.
/ˈbalənəs/ = acorn shell n. at acorn n. Compounds 2.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Entomostraca > order Cirripedia > suborder Thoracica > member of family Balanidae
balanus1728
acorn1737
sea-acorn1755
acorn shell1763
whale-acorn-shell1815
acorn barnacle1835
balanid1835
balanoid1869
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Balani..are certain Excrescences usually growing to the Shells of the larger Sort of Sea-Shell-Fish.
1839 Riddell in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 vii. 197 May and June..when the young Balani are most numerous.
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