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barnacle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: barnacle

1
 n
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
2
 n
European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: barnacle
1

n marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces

Synonyms:
cirriped, cirripede
Types:
Balanus balanoides, acorn barnacle, rock barnacle
barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
Lepas fascicularis, goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle
stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers
Type of:
crustacean
any mainly aquatic arthropod usually having a segmented body and chitinous exoskeleton
2

n European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north

Synonyms:
Branta leucopsis, barnacle goose
Type of:
goose
web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks
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