Meaning Of The Word Barnacle
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What's The Definition Of Barnacle?
barnacle
countable noun: Barnacles are small shellfish that fix themselves tightly to rocks and the bottoms of boats. barnacle in American English barnacle goose barnacle in American English 1 noun: any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked ( goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to ro barnacle in American English 2 noun: an instrument with two hinged branches for pinching the nose of an unruly horse barnacle in British English noun: any of various marine crustaceans of the subclass Cirripedia that, as adults, live attached to rocks, ship bottoms, etc. They have feathery food-catching cirri protruding from a hard shell |
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