‖A‐nat″i‐fa (�), n.; pl.Anatifæ (�). [NL., contr. fr. anatifera. See Anatiferous.] (Zoöl.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia.
☞ The term Anatifæ, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds.