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Meaning of balano

balano: 1º_ Vulgar name of a crustacean of the genus Balanus, also called "acorn of the sea". From the Latin balanus, i ("crustacean, acorn, suppository") which takes it from the Greek 946; 945; 955; 945; 957; 959; 962; ( bálanos "bellota") . See balanophage. 2º_ Another spelling for balsa.; Balano or glans is the name given to the head of the manly limb, tip of the penis, also called glans. It can also be a cirropod crustacean, known as a sea acorn. It belongs to the genus Balanus and the family Balanidae.