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BALANIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Balanidae mean?
• BALANIDAE (noun)
The noun BALANIDAE has 1 sense:
1. stalkless barnacles
Familiarity information: BALANIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stalkless barnacles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Balanidae; family Balanidae
Hypernyms ("Balanidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Balanidae"):
Balanus; genus Balanus (type genus of the family Balanidae)
Holonyms ("Balanidae" is a member of...):
Cirripedia; subclass Cirripedia (barnacles)
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