Found 4 items, similar to Lepas.
Indonesian → English (Kamus Landak)
Definition: lepas
off
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: lepas
disconnected, loose, missing
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Lepas
Lepas
n : type genus of the family Lepadidae [syn:
genus Lepas]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lepas
Lepas
\Le"pas\ (l[=e]"p[a^]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr.
lepa`s.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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Bernicle
\Ber"ni*cle\, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac;
prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr.
Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st
Barnacle.]
A bernicle goose. [Written also
barnacle.]
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Bernicle goose (Zo["o]l.), a goose (
Branta leucopsis), of
Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that
it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (
Lepas), which
were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or
Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related
species. See
Anatifa and
Cirripedia.
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