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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANATIFA

A *nat "i *fa, n.; pl. Anatifæ. Etym: [NL. , contr. fr. anatifera. See Anatiferous. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.

 

Note: The term Anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.

 

Spanish Dictionary

anatifa

anatifa nombre femenino Crustáceo marino de concha calcárea que vive fijado a las superficies mediante un fuerte pedúnculo .