Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lepas"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lepas
n : type genus of the family Lepadidae [syn: {Lepas}, {genus
Lepas}]
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