noun
- marine crustaceans that attach themselves to surfaces and have feathery feeding appendages, including barnacles
Usage: biological term; plural form
Examples
- Cirripeds covered the hull of the old ship.
- The rocky shore was encrusted with various cirripeds.
- Marine biologists study how cirripeds attach to surfaces.
- Cirripeds filter food particles from the water using their feathery appendages.
- The pier pilings were heavily colonized by cirripeds.
- Cleaning cirripeds from boat hulls requires special tools.