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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr.

βάλανοσ

acorn +

-oid

(Zool.)

Resembling an acorn; – applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See

, and

balanoid ‎(comparative more balanoid, superlative most balanoid)

(zoology) Resembling an acorn; applied to a group of barnacles with shells shaped like acorns.