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Definition of Lepas
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Lepadidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Lepadidae, Lepadidae
Member holonyms: Goose Barnacle, Gooseneck Barnacle, Lepas Fascicularis
Definition of Lepas
1. n. Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.
Definition of Lepas
1. Noun. (zoology) Any of the genus ''Lepas'' of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, etc.; a goose barnacle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Lepas
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lepas
Literary usage of Lepas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles ( Darwin (1851)
"Plate I. lepas. ... as is well known, included under this genus both the pedun-
Association, the name lepas must be retained for part of the genus ; and as ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells: Arranged According to the Linnæan by Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1817)
"lepas intertexta. Donovan, t. 36. fl Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p.
26. lepas verruca. Spengler Schr. Berlin Naturf. ip 101. t. 5. f. 1 to 3. ..."
3. The Barnacles (Cirripedia): Contained in the Collections of the U. S by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Subfamily » Genus lepas Linnaeus. 1758. lepas LINNAEUS (part) Syst. Nat., 10th
ed., p. 667." 1851. DARWIN, Monograph on the Cirripedia, ..."
4. The Conchologist by John Warren (1834)
"lepas. Acorn Shell. Inhabitant a Triton. ... the first (as lepas anati- fera)
containing the balani or barnacle shells ; the second (the lepas tintin- ..."
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