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זיפרגליים (שם מדעי: Cirripedia; גם: בלוטי ים) הם תת-מחלקה הכוללת כ-1,200 מינים של סרטנים קטנים החיים בסביבת חוף הים בסלעים. צורתם של בלוטי הים כספלים קטנים, פתחם סגור בלוחיות, והם צמודים לסלע בקרבת פני המים וניראים כחלק ממנו.

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n. marine crustacean which permanently fixes itself to rocks

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Noun
1. marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
(synonym) cerriped, cerripede
(hypernym) crustacean
(hyponym) acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides
(member-holonym) Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia
2. European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
(synonym) barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis
(hypernym) goose
(member-holonym) Branta, genus Branta

n. barnacle, marine crustacean which permanently fixes itself to rocks

(sing.)
Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers.
  

(n.)
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
  

(n.)
An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him.
  

(n.)
A bernicle goose.