Etymology

balanoid

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Today it means: Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles Full definition →

Ancient Greek βάλανος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβάλανος“acorn”
  2. English todaybalanoid

From Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”) + -oid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβάλανος all →

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