| Term Name: | barnacle cement gland |
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| Synonyms: | cement gland, cementary gland |
| Definition: | Typical barnacles, common name of the sedentary crustacean marine animals constituting the subclass Cirripedia, attach to the substrate by means of an exceedingly adhesive cement, produced by a cement gland, and secrete a shell, or carapace, of calcareous (limestone) plates, around themselves. |
| Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0015213] |