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Definition of Lepas

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Lepas Le"pas (l[=e]"p[a^]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr. Gr. lepa`s.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.
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Bernicle Ber"ni*cle, n. [OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st Barnacle.] A bernicle goose. [Written also barnacle.] Bernicle goose (Zo["o]l.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia.

Meaning of Lepas from wikipedia

- Linnaeus, 1767 Lepas australis Darwin, 1851 Lepas hillii Leach, 1818 Lepas indica Annandale, 1909 Lepas pectinata Spengler, 1793 Lepas testudinata Aurivillius...
- Bayan Lepas is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Bayan Lepas may also refer to: Bayan Lepas (state constituency), state constituency...
- " Goose barnacle Pedunculata Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-02. Lepas anatifera Linnaeus, 1758 Archived...
- parakeet escaped, and was given the name Bayan Lepas, which meant 'escaped parakeet' in Malay. Bayan Lepas could also be named after Raja Bayan or Nakhoda...
- peptidase A (LepA), elongation factor (biology) Lepas, a genus of goose barnacles Lepa (ship), the traditional houseboats of the Sama-Bajau people Lepa (given...
- his administration, aerodromes were built at Bayan Lepas and Kallang, Singapore. The Bayan Lepas airport was constructed on mudflats, which necessitated...
- between the city centre and Bayan Lepas. As of 2018[update], average daily traffic along the city centre–Bayan Lepas axis reached 64,144 vehicles, further...
- The Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone (Bayan Lepas FIZ) is a free trade zone within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located adjacent to the...
- Фахрета Живојиновић, née Јахић; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Лепа Брена), is a Yugoslav singer, actress...
- Cyrillic: Лепава Мушовић; born 13 January 1940), known professionally as Lepa Lukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепа Лукић), is a Serbian folk singer with a career...