Ascothoracica

plural noun

As·​co·​tho·​rac·​i·​ca

¦askōthəˈrasə̇kə

: a minor order or suborder of small hermaphrodite barnacles that live enveloped in a soft mantle and partly buried in other animals (as black corals)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from asc- + Thoracica

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