Balanoid

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Balanoid \Bal"a*noid\, a. [Gr. ba`lanos acorn + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles
     having shells shaped like acorns. See {Acornshell}, and
     {Barnacle}.
     [1913 Webster]