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barnacle
 
Noun barnacle has 2 senses
  1. barnacle, cerriped, cerripede - marine crustaceans with feathery food-catching appendages; free-swimming as larvae; as adults form a hard shell and live attached to submerged surfaces
    --1 is a kind of crustacean
    --1 is a member of Cirripedia, subclass Cirripedia
    --1 has particulars:
     acorn barnacle, rock barnacle, Balanus balanoides; goose barnacle, gooseneck barnacle, Lepas fascicularis
  2. barnacle goose, barnacle, Branta leucopsis - European goose smaller than the brant; breeds in the far north
    --2 is a kind of goose
    --2 is a member of Branta, genus Branta
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