"Barnacle" is a word in ENGLISH
Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the
barnacles used by farriers.
An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus
restraining him.
Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating
timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and
allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and
allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle.
A bernicle goose.
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One of the sessile cirripeds; a barnacle of the genus Balanus. See Barnacle.
Read the complete definitionAn animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See …
Read the complete definitionA stalked barnacle of the genus Lepas, or family Lepadidae; a goose barnacle. Also used adjectively.
Read the complete definitionAny one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, …
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