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balanoid

balanoid adjective: resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles.

Adjective

balanoid (comparative more balanoid, superlative most balanoid)

  1. Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles

Forms of balanoid

comparativemore balanoid
superlativemost balanoid

Origin of balanoid

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

Questions about balanoid

What does balanoid mean?
Balanoid means resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles.
What part of speech is balanoid?
Balanoid is an adjective.

Words near balanoid in the dictionary

  1. balanitisins
  2. balanitoside
  3. balanji
  4. balano-
  5. balanoblennorrhœa
  6. balanoid
  7. balanomorph
  8. balanomorphan
  9. balanomorphans
  10. balanomorphs
  11. balanophagous

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