Cirripedia (Gr., 'curl-footed'), a degenerate sub-class of Crustacea, including the numerous forms of Barnacles and Acorn-shells (q.v.). Cirrhopoda was a form of the name once commonly in use.
Cirripedia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 266
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