lepas Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun type genus of the family Lepadidae
    genus Lepas.

WordNet

Le"pas noun
Etymology
L., a limpet, fr. Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle.

Webster 1913