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balanoid
CIDE DICTIONARY
balanoid, a. [Gr. ba`lanos acorn + -oid.].
Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle. [1913 Webster]
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