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Where does “cirriped” come from?

cirriped (English) comes from Translingual Cirripedia, from Latin cirrus — a curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...

cirriped (English): Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the...

Definitions

  1. Any barnacle or similar crustacean of the...

Ancestry of “cirriped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCirripedia—
2Latincirrusa curl; the fringe of clothes; the tentacle of an...

Words derived from “cirriped”

  • cirripedology
  • cirripedologist
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