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Cirrus :: Cirrus (n.) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri..

Anatifa :: Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia..

Oral :: Oral (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri..

Thoracica :: Thoracica (n. pl.) A division of cirripeds including those which have six thoracic segments, usually bearing six pairs of cirri. The common barnacles are examples..

Spirable :: Spiodea (n. pl.) An extensive division of marine Annelida, including those that are without oral tentacles or cirri, and have the gills, when present, mostly arranged along the sides of the body. They generally live in burrows or tubes..

Acorn-shell :: Acorn-shell (n.) One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.

Tubicolae :: Tubicolae (n. pl.) A division of annelids including those which construct, and habitually live in, tubes. The head or anterior segments usually bear gills and cirri. Called also Sedentaria, and Capitibranchiata. See Serpula, and Sabella..

Cirrigrade :: Cirrigrade (a.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages..

Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) 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..

Cirriped :: Cirriped (n.) One of the Cirripedia.

Cirri :: Cirri (n. pl.) See Cirrus.

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs..

Cirrobranchiata :: Cirrobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda..

Cirrate :: Cirrate (a.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.

Pedunculata :: Pedunculata (n. pl.) A division of Cirripedia, including the stalked or goose barnacles..

Tergum :: Tergum (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Abdominalia :: Abdominalia (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

Cirriform :: Cirriform (a.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

Cirrhiferous :: Cirrhiferous (a.) See Cirriferous.

Cirri :: Cirri (pl. ) of Cirru.

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