prop. n. A natural family of crustaceans including the goose barnacles.
n. [ L. lepas, lepadis, limpet, Gr.
n. [ Lepas + -oid. ] (Zool.) A stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family
n. [ Gr.
n. The name of a battle in which Turkish seapower was destroyed by the Christian League in 1571.
‖n. [ L., a limpet, fr. Gr.
n. A rattlehead. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; far off + &unr_;, &unr_;, to suffer. ] The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. The existence of this ability has not been proven scientifically.--