Cirripedia

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

  Cirripedia \Cir`ri*pe"di*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cirrus curl +
     pes, pedis, foot.] (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Cirripedia
       n : barnacles [syn: {subclass Cirripedia}]