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Webster 1913 Edition


Lepas

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Le′pas

(lē′păs)
,
Noun.
[L., a limpet, fr. Gr.
λεπάς
.]
(Zool.)
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
.