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Webster 1913 Edition


Anatifa


A-nat′i-fa

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Anatifæ
.
[NL., contr. fr.
anatifera
. See
Anatiferous
.]
(Zool.)
An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus
Lepas
, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See
Cirripedia
.
☞ The term Anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.