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LEPAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lepas mean?
• LEPAS (noun)
The noun LEPAS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Lepadidae
Familiarity information: LEPAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Lepadidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lepas; Lepas
Hypernyms ("Lepas" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Lepas"):
goose barnacle; gooseneck barnacle; Lepas fascicularis (stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers)
Holonyms ("Lepas" is a member of...):
family Lepadidae; Lepadidae (goose barnacles)
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