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Definition of Balanus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Balanidae.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Balanidae, Family Balanidae
Member holonyms: Acorn Barnacle, Balanus Balanoides, Rock Barnacle
Medical Definition of Balanus
1. Synonym: glans penis. Origin: G. Balanos, acorn, glans penis (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balanus
Literary usage of Balanus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom: Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier (1832)
"The rocks, shells, &c., on the coast of Europe, are, in a manner, covered with
a species of balanus, the Lepaa ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1843)
"ON THE LARVA OF balanus BALANOIDES. During the greater part of the months of
April and May of this year (1843), the water around the Island of May has been ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1904)
"MIOCENE BARNACLES FROM GAY HEAD, MASS., WITH NOTES ON balanus PROTEUS, CONRAD.
Ily JOSEPH A. CUSHMAN, Boston. Mass. During the last two summers two ..."
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