kentrogon

English

Noun

kentrogon (plural kentrogons)

  1. A parasitic larval form of a Sacculina barnacle.
    • 2005, Klaus Rohde, Marine Parasitology:
      The smaller, firmly attached and lowprofiled kentrogons can only be removed using the chelipeds at the tip of the grooming limbs.
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