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rock barnacle

DEFINITIONS OF: rock barnacle

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n barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones

Synonyms:
Balanus balanoides, acorn barnacle
Type of:
barnacle, cirriped, cirripede
marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
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