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cypris

cy·pris [ spriss ] (plural cy·pris·es or cy·pris)


noun 
Definition:
 
barnacle larva: a barnacle larva with its body and appendages enclosed in a two-valved shell. After settling on a surface, it attaches itself permanently and grows to its adult form.

[Mid-19th century. < modern Latin, genus name of the ostracods that it resembles < Greek Kupris "Lady of Cyprus," epithet of Aphrodite]
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