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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...
- construction of the Bayan Lepas LRT would commence in 2018, with the goal of completing it by 2024. The original route of the Bayan Lepas LRT was disclosed in...
- Lepa Svetozara Radić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепа Светозара Радић; 19 December 1925 – 8 February 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan and communist of Serbian origin...
- " 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...
- 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...
- Lepa, also known as lipa or lepa-lepa, are indigenous ships of the Sama-Bajau people in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. They were traditionally...
- Lepas testudinata is a species of goose barnacle in the family Lepadidae. First observed in 1834, Lepas testudinata has undergone several reclassifications...