lĕpas (lŏpas, Non. 551, 5), ădis, f., = λεπάς,
a kind of shell-fish that adheres closely to rocks, a limpet : lopades genus conchae marinae, Non. l. l.: lepadas (lopadas, acc. to Non.), ostreas, captamus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 8; id. Cas. 2, 8, 57.
·noun Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to float...
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