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cirriped

/ˈsɪr.ɪ.pɛd/

翻译: 蔓足类甲壳动物,幼体阶段自由游泳,成体分泌坚硬外壳并固着于水下表面,用羽状附肢滤食。

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noun

/ˈsɪr.ɪ.pɛd/C2formalscientific
  • zh蔓足类甲壳动物,幼体阶段自由游泳,成体分泌坚硬外壳并固着于水下表面,用羽状附肢滤食。

A marine crustacean that has feathery appendages for feeding, is free-swimming as a larva, and as an adult forms a hard shell and lives attached to submerged surfaces.

  1. BarnacleC2formalscientific

    A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that, as an adult, attaches itself permanently to a surface, such as rocks, ship hulls, or whales, and feeds by filtering plankton with feathery appendages.

    zh藤壶

    • The ship's hull was covered in cirripeds, slowing its speed.
    • Cirripeds begin their lives as free-swimming larvae before settling.
    • Marine biologists study how cirripeds attach to underwater surfaces.

    同义词barnaclecirripede

词形
  • cirripeds plural form
  • cirripeds' possessive plural form
  • cirriped's possessive singular form